From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#7517: 24.0.50; repeated crash under Mac OS X Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:19:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83aajmaxme.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tyic1uzh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vd2dyzfj.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4D1B22A1.6080202@swipnet.se> <4D1B27AF.7010701@swipnet.se> <4D1C6E7D.2040300@swipnet.se> <4D1D0172.8080404@swipnet.se> <4D1DB555.5080002@swipnet.se> <4D1DBD4A.6010303@swipnet.se> <83d3oiaysj.fsf@gnu.org> <4D1DD655.1040809@swipnet.se> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293801444 26201 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2010 13:17:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, 7517@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, user.emacs@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 31 14:17:17 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1PYer6-0000sa-Cc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:17:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43960 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYer5-000123-J3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:17:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33300 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYequ-0000yy-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:17:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYeqp-0007dd-1O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:17:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:46537) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYeqo-0007dU-Qw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:16:58 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LEA00200NGW8A00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:16:58 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.219.104]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LEA001JONK8QAC0@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:16:57 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <4D1DD655.1040809@swipnet.se> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:134081 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:10:45 +0100 > From: Jan Dj=E4rv > CC: user.emacs@gmail.com, 7517@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.c= om,=20 > monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org >=20 > > Some bad interaction between VM and Emacs? >=20 > That may be, but I was under the impression that Emacs internally s= hould use=20 > unicode, so why is it even allowed to set such a buffer name? Shou= ldn't Emacs=20 > internals complain when given such strings, or convert them (if cha= rset info=20 > is available)? Probably, but more information is needed. Did you already find the place where this string is used to create a buffer? If so, can you show me that place, and explain what sequence of calls led to it? > Is setting buffer name with a non-ascii unibyte string considered a= s a bug?=20 Yes, I think so. Emacs should never use unibyte strings for buffer names.