bug#11519: "Wrong type argument: characterp" building custom-deps while boostrapping

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <jwv8vgkt4lc.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier 
<monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> This brings up back to the issue of calling maybe_unify_char in
> STRING_CHAR_AND_LENGTH.  One more strike against it.  Handa, could you
> prepare a patch that removes this?

Ok, I'll work on it.  But, it's not for 24.1, right?

> > If you agree with the diagnosis, then how about the change below?

> Might be an acceptable workaround for the emacs-24 branch, yes (tho I'd
> replace "inhibit ? 0 : 1" with "!inhibit").

I think it is not just a workaround.  If we can suppress
buffer/string relocation temporarily, we can utilize that
functionality in several other places.

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Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org