Re: the -*-coding: -*- stuff doesn't check for invalid codings

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> No error is reported to the user if he uses
> ;-*-coding: utf8;-*-
> instead of
> ;-*-coding: utf-8;-*-
>
> I.e., the -*-coding: -*- stuff doesn't check for invalid codings.

Sure it does, it just doesn't report it (see set-auto-coding):

              (or (coding-system-p coding-system)
                  (setq coding-system nil))

Is (error "Invalid coding system: %s" coding-system) really what
we want?

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Kevin Rodgers