From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Invalid read syntax for compiled bool vector Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:08:19 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <85k70cbeil.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <857jw35hcq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082997017 27036 80.91.224.253 (26 Apr 2004 16:30:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Brinkhoff , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 26 18:30:00 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BI8zW-0000Wj-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:29:58 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BI8zV-00045j-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:29:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BI8ky-0006a1-UK for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BI8kc-0006WQ-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:14:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BI8k3-0006OK-DI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:14:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BI8hL-0005mp-Dp; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:11:11 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 534044AC02E; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:08:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Yow: LOOK!!! I'm WALKING in my SLEEP again!! In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:10:26 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22183 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22183 Richard Stallman writes: > Apparently, you have to bind coding-system-for-write before writing= a > source file with a literal bool-vector constant in it, or else Emac= s > will either ask the user for the coding system, or write the file > using some default coding system which may not do the right thing. > > I guess we should change the syntax for bool-vectors > so as to put just 4 bits into each character. > The question is how to do that in a somewhat compatible way. The print syntax could use octal or hexadecimal escapes in the bit string= . Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."