bug#44411: 28.0.50; uudecode-decode-region-internal is broken

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr@d1.dion.ne.jp> writes:

> The function makes string from uuencoded text by passing unsigned char
> vlue (0-255) to char-to-string function, which makes multibyte-string.
> After that, string is decoded as binary.  But eight-bit characters are
> never made in that way.
>
> (let ((ch #xc8))
>   (decode-coding-string (char-to-string ch) 'binary))
>
> -> "8"
>
> Additionally, concat and char-to-string functions are called so
> frequently that deocder is very slow for large data.
>
> Please see the below patch.

Thanks; looks good to me.  This patch is slightly too large to apply
without having an FSF copyright on file, and I don't see that in the
assignment file for you.

Would you be willing to sign such paperwork so that we can get the patch
applied?

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