GNU bug report logs - #75415
31.0.50; quoted-printable-en/decode-region doesn't preserve end markers

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Package: emacs; Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@HIDDEN>; dated Tue, 7 Jan 2025 04:25:02 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.

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Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN> writes:

> I think we really need to introduce a `replace-region` primitive which
> takes care of preserving the position of markers instead of having to teach
> ELisp coders the delicate art of combining `insert(-before-markers)` and
> `delete` to best preserve markers.

Sounds good to me, but would this deserve a separate bug report?




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Package: Emacs
Version: 31.0.50


In a fresh Emacs try:

       (with-temp-buffer
         (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
         (insert "\300\300")
         (encode-coding-region (point-min) (point) 'utf-8)
         (quoted-printable-encode-region (point-min) (point))
         (insert "!!")
         (buffer-string))

It will likely return "=C0!!=C0" whereas it should return "=C0=C0!!".

Found via a bug in VM: https://gitlab.com/emacs-vm/vm/-/issues/491

The same problem plagues `quoted-printable-decode-region`.

I think we really need to introduce a `replace-region` primitive which
takes care of preserving the position of markers instead of having to teach
ELisp coders the delicate art of combining `insert(-before-markers)` and
`delete` to best preserve markers.


        Stefan





Acknowledgement sent to Stefan Monnier <monnier@HIDDEN>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to monnier@HIDDEN, bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN. Full text available.
Report forwarded to monnier@HIDDEN, bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN:
bug#75415; Package emacs. Full text available.
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