Re: (aset UNIBYTE-STRING MULTIBYTE-CHAR)

[Stefan Monnier]

> My message on this topic of a week ago elicited no responses, so I did
> a little more research on my own (which I should have done in the
> first place, maybe). This time I hope to see some discussion:

> + Harald Hanche-Olsen <address@hidden>:

>> This works as it should in the latest CVS:
>> 
>> (setq foo (make-string 4 ?a))
>> (aset foo 1 ?€) ; <= that's a euro sign
>> 
>> But this fails:
>> 
>> (setq foo (make-string 4 ?a))
>> (aset foo 1 ?å)
>> (aset foo 1 ?€) ; => Error: args out of range

Show us the real code that bunmped into the problem and I'll tell you
how to do it so as to avoid the risk of such problems.


        Stefan