From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Łukasz Stelmach" <lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl>
Cc: 5221@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5221: 23.1; read_escape too greedy with "\x"
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:53:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ws0liol4.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fx7cpgia.fsf@dasa3.iem.pw.edu.pl> ("Łukasz Stelmach"'s message of "Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:29:33 +0100")
Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl> writes:
> Emacs (read_escape() function at lread.c file) interpretinterprets
> "\x3a480" string as "0x3a480" instead of ":" and "480" coming next.
> Some software (most? gnupg to name one) assume these escapes represent
> single bytes.
Then they are broken. The syntax of strings is documented in
(elisp)String Type.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-17 15:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-15 12:29 bug#5221: 23.1; read_escape too greedy with "\x" Łukasz Stelmach
2009-12-17 15:53 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2009-12-18 12:04 ` Łukasz Stelmach
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