bug#4047: 23.1.1: hexl-mode doesn't like UTF8 files with a byte-order mark

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:02:37 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> CC: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, bogossian@mail.com, schwab@linux-m68k.org
> 
> > From: Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
> > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:51:49 +0900
> > Cc: bogossian@mail.com, 4047@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, 
> > schwab@linux-m68k.org
> > 
> > In article <jwvljlrlapn.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>, Stefan 
> > Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> > > Unless Handa objects, I'd recommend we change encode_coding_string to be
> > > a nop on unibyte strings (tho, we may want to let it obey EOL
> > > conversions).
> > 
> > I don't object to that change.
> 
> For strings only (i.e. in coding.h:encode_coding_string) or on the
> more basic level, in coding.c:encode_coding_object?

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