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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Evgeny Kurnevsky <kurnevsky@gmail.com>
Cc: 74922@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74922: Fwd: bug#74922: 29.4; copy_string_contents doesn't always produce a valid utf-8
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:10:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zfkumjkj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOEHfogetPusuLUajxMxuEyWs=yQuMoLo9wk+Xd7eFwJp_6-nA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Evgeny Kurnevsky on Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:46:28 +0000)

> From: Evgeny Kurnevsky <kurnevsky@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:46:28 +0000
> Cc: 74922@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It can definitely do it, but I guess in emacs-module-rs it's not done by default because of performance
> implications - it might be quite costly to check every string in some cases, and it wasn't really clear if emacs
> can pass an invalid string. So currently this case causes undefined behavior there which results in emacs
> crash.

What do Rust programs do when they are told to read random files?
This is the same situation, basically.

And what would the module do if copy_string_contents *did* signal an
error?





      reply	other threads:[~2024-12-17 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-17  6:08 bug#74922: 29.4; copy_string_contents doesn't always produce a valid utf-8 Evgeny Kurnevsky
2024-12-17 13:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]   ` <CAOEHfojGKXoUKbf1-5N=973OURs==BQTXejLFd8cLhsR1DWh+g@mail.gmail.com>
2024-12-17 13:31     ` bug#74922: Fwd: " Evgeny Kurnevsky
2024-12-17 14:24       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-17 14:46         ` Evgeny Kurnevsky
2024-12-17 15:10           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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