From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: libnettle/libhogweed WIP Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 20:24:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83y3uwb995.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83a89gq3us.fsf@gnu.org> <87bmtjiv0w.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <83o9xjn06c.fsf@gnu.org> <87shmeb5ln.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <83y3w5z1ez.fsf@gnu.org> <87lgr6yakj.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87wpamww9k.fsf@lifelogs.com> <8337daggnj.fsf@gnu.org> <87d1cdwxt6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83tw5pg1q3.fsf@gnu.org> <87zifhulc2.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83h91og80k.fsf@gnu.org> <87pogbuhoe.fsf@lifelogs.com> <834lxndmd9.fsf@gnu.org> <87efwrug6z.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83bmrscvdb.fsf@gnu.org> <871ssos8jp.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1492622679 22223 195.159.176.226 (19 Apr 2017 17:24:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:24:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 19 19:24:30 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d0tLC-0005W4-4C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:24:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49519 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0tLE-00055Y-Hs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:24:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39038) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0tL4-00055C-DN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0tKz-0002Hm-32 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:24:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50466) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0tKy-0002Hg-Vh; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:24:17 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1894 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1d0tKy-00032E-Ai; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:24:16 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:49:56 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:214135 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:49:56 +0200 > > By just allowing non-multibyte text as input, you avoid stuff like > > --- > If CODING-SYSTEM is nil or omitted, the default depends on OBJECT. If > OBJECT is a buffer, the default for CODING-SYSTEM is whatever coding > system would be chosen by default for writing this text into a file. > > If OBJECT is a string, the most preferred coding system (see the > command ‘prefer-coding-system’) is used. > > If NOERROR is non-nil, silently assume the ‘raw-text’ coding if the > guesswork fails. Normally, an error is signaled in such case. > --- > > in the needlessly complicated call signature to `md5'. We could simply use choose_write_coding_system instead, we already use it for write-region, which can write either buffer text or a string. Then all the complexity that bothers you will go away, and be no more visible than it is when you call write-region.