Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28]

[Stefan Monnier]

>     By constrast, encode-coding-* and decode-coding-* are very
>     straightforward.
> These functions, per se, are straightforward--but would the difference
> between the various proposed coding systems be equally
> straightforward?

I think people understand the difference between binary, emacs-mule, and
locale-coding-system.  Probably not everybody does, but those who don't,
*really* can't understand string-FOO-multibyte either and should
thus stay away from it.


        Stefan