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Re: Invalid read syntax for compiled bool vector
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Invalid read syntax for compiled bool vector |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:01:07 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Brinkhoff <address@hidden> writes:
> Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
>> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> 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 Emacs 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.
>
> Yes. Since the print syntax for bool-vectors looks like strings, I
> would sugggest doing whatever the print syntax for strings does.
I have now changed the print syntax to always use octal escapes for
non-ascii characters in the bool-vector string. This way the string will
always be read as unibyte string, avoiding all coding issues.
Andreas.
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Re: Invalid read syntax for compiled bool vector, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/27