From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:23:40 +0300 Message-ID: <83y6dn74lv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83630r934x.fsf@gnu.org> <834ogb8txc.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278513119 9557 80.91.229.12 (7 Jul 2010 14:31:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:31:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monkey@sandpframing.com, 6576@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 07 16:31:55 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWVes-0003YO-DA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:31:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51390 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OWVef-0006GO-Hn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43357 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OWVeR-0006Bu-Hr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:31:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWVdM-0000w4-FM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:29:57 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39186) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWVdM-0000w0-Dy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:29:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWVaX-0005Xt-Vx; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:27:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:27:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6576 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6576-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6576.127851278521309 (code B ref 6576); Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:27:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6576) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jul 2010 14:26:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWVZw-0005Xe-R2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:26:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWVZu-0005XZ-NL for 6576@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L5600K00YFPLG00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 6576@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:25:42 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.120.144]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L5600FF7YQSRCC0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:25:42 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:27:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:38288 Archived-At: > From: Andreas Schwab > Cc: monkey@sandpframing.com, 6576@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:16:28 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> From: Andreas Schwab > >> Cc: MON KEY , 6576@debbugs.gnu.org > >> Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:40:00 +0200 > >> > >> Eli Zaretskii writes: > >> > >> > "Return the Unicode codepoint of the first character of STRING. > >> > >> This is not correct. The value is just the internal encoding of the > >> character. > > > > Which is Unicode, AFAIK. > > No, it is an extension of Unicode. Eight-bit characters, for example, > are not part of Unicode. And that's why there's this note: > >> > Note: eight-bit characters are returned as single-byte values in the > >> > range 160 to 255, inclusive." > >> > >> That depends on the multibyteness of the string. > > > > Eight-bit characters are defined as such only in multibyte strings. > > That makes it even more incorrect. For multibyte strings you'll get the > internal encoding, which is not in the range 160 to 255. Sounds like a bug, assuming it's true.