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bug#4869: 23.1.50; weak documentation of prefer-coding-system
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#4869: 23.1.50; weak documentation of prefer-coding-system |
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Date: |
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:47:28 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> The function prefer-coding-system does not explain if the CODING-SYSTEM
> argument must be a symbol or a string (or either).
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> Without seeing a code example, a user might try using a quoted string:
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> (prefer-coding-system "utf-8")
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> In which case, the error message is very confusing (this makes it sound
> as though utf-8 is not supported):
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> error: Invalid coding system `utf-8'
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> At a minimum, the documentation should be made more explicit, and I
> would strongly suggest adding a code example:
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> (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
Why not allow both? Some MULE functions allow a symbol and a string.
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Juri Linkov
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