bug#59305: 29.0.50; keymap-global-set handling of string bindings different from global-set-key

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 59305@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:34:29 +0200
> 
> >>>>> On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:42:46 +0100, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> 
> >>>>> said:
> 
> 
>     Robert> Then perhaps we should just change the docstrings and manual to
>     Robert> explain that binding a key to a string of characters should use
>     Robert> `kmacro' (since `kbd' is not the right thing for ASCII-only entry)
> 
> I was going to write 'Stefan why did you overwrite my patch', but itʼs
> me who didnʼt follow up :-)
> 
> Changing `kbd' to always return a vector, attractive as it is to the
> purist in me, falls foul of existing code that expects eg `(kbd
> "RET")' to return a string (and thatʼs just in Emacsʼ code). I guess
> we could add an 'always produce a vector' argument to `kbd', but
> perhaps just recommending `kmacro' is best, since itʼs a fairly niche
> usage.
> 
> This is against emacs-29

Stefan, any comments?