From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unibyte characters, strings, and buffers Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:15 +0200 Message-ID: References: <831txozsqa.fsf@gnu.org> <83ppl7y30l.fsf@gnu.org> <87r45nouvx.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8361myyac6.fsf@gnu.org> <87a9capqfr.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83eh1mfd09.fsf@gnu.org> <87ob0pnyt6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87a9c9aqhu.fsf@nbtrap.com> <877g7d3pbe.fsf@nbtrap.com> <87y4zsorcx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87ppl452r3.fsf@nbtrap.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396168734 22807 80.91.229.3 (30 Mar 2014 08:38:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nathan Trapuzzano , dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 30 10:38:48 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1WUBGQ-0007wn-MB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43387 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUBGQ-00029O-4P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 04:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUBGI-0001z1-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 04:38:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUBGE-00008z-09 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 04:38:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:38280) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUBG0-00007f-9V; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 04:38:20 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3fxVZ20Mdsz3hjFj; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3fxVZ14dN0zbc6M; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:17 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NlB0EU-jwuy6; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: y3bFUaKZcfIaJZgAZ3K2EW3z1L8/eynYVPQQxx0zysM= Original-Received: from linux.local (ppp-93-104-157-147.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.157.147]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by linux.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6D0E31E55C2; Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:38:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Look DEEP into the OPENINGS!! Do you see any ELVES or EDSELS... or a HIGHBALL??... In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:24:40 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x X-Received-From: 2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:171192 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > * A function could decode text from a unibyte buffer and put it in > another buffer which is multibyte. > > * A function could decode a whole unibyte buffer > into the same buffer, and mark it as multibyte. That's what decode-coding-region provides (except for changing the multibyte flag). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."