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Re: What does `undecided' do for encoding text?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: What does `undecided' do for encoding text? |
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Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:04:15 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
>> It looks like `undecided' works the same as `raw-text' for encoding
>> text. Is that true in general?
> Yes. More exactly, it is the same as `raw-text-unix'.
Which I prefer calling `binary'.
>> I think this should be reflected in the ELisp manual.
> I don't think so because it is just a fallback behavior, and
> Elisp programmer should avoid specifying `undecided' on
> encoding.
Then why do we even allow it? We should signal an error.
Stefan