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bug#3822: 23.1.50; can't search 8-bit byte on unibyte buffer
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#3822: 23.1.50; can't search 8-bit byte on unibyte buffer |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:45:41 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Taiki SUGAWARA <buzz.taiki@gmail.com> writes:
> I wrote code for search 8-bit byte on unibyte buffer like a
> followings. but emacs says `search failed'. It's a bug?
>
> (with-temp-buffer
> (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
> (insert (make-string 1 ?\xff))
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (search-forward (make-string 1 ?\xff)))
It seems somewhat odd, at least. However, it probably isn't a bug. The
`insert' will insert the 0xff byte into the buffer, but
`(make-string 1 ?\xff)' will create a multibyte string, which will, of
course, not be found in the buffer.
I think.
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