From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16048: 24.3.50; String compare surprise Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:11:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87r49six1s.fsf@igel.home> <878uw0ogoj.fsf@gmx.de> <83zjog34gi.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbz3ybua.fsf@gmx.de> <83k3fj2o5w.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386270737 28989 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2013 19:12:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 19:12:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Michael Albinus , 16048@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 05 20:12:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeLV-0003Xo-Bb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:12:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55293 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeLU-0002kf-TH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:12:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeLK-0002dC-9S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:12:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeLC-0002bm-VK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:12:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46311) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeLC-0002bf-Li for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeLC-0004OY-4r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16048 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16048-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16048.138627067516836 (code B ref 16048); Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16048) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Dec 2013 19:11:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60330 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeKR-0004NU-6f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:11:15 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:49771) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VoeKP-0004NM-1l for 16048@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:11:13 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxL6g/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxL6g/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="41233885" Original-Received: from 69-196-190-160.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.190.160]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 05 Dec 2013 14:11:12 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E3C5060379; Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:11:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83k3fj2o5w.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:38:51 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:81459 Archived-At: > Just to make it clear: Emacs is perfectly capable of holding raw bytes > in multibyte strings. That's why we have the eight-bit charset. When manipulating sequences of bytes (as opposed to sequences of chars), I find it is preferable to use unibyte strings. Indeed, multibyte strings can work as well, but they can be more tricky to work with since `aref' returns a "eight-bit byte" character rather than a value between 128-255. Of course, if your string can contain a mix of bytes and chars, you don't have a choice. Stefan