(concat): Handle 8-bit characters correctly. (Fstring_as_unibyte): Be sure to make all 8-bit characters in unibyte in the result. (Fstring_as_multibyte): Be sure to make all 8-bit characters in valid multibyte form in the result. (map_char_table): Use MAKE_CHAR instead of MAKE_NON_ASCII_CHAR. (Fbase64_encode_region, Fbase64_encode_string): If base64_encode_1 return -1, signal an error. (base64_encode_1): New arg MULTIBYTE. Get each character by CHAR_STRING_AND_LENGTH if MULTIBYTE is nonzero. If a multibyte character is found, return -1. (Fbase64_decode_region): Delete codes for handling byte-combining. Treat each decoded byte as a unibyte character. (Fbase64_decode_string): Return unibyte string. (Fcompare_strings, concat, string_byte_to_char): Use FETCH_STRING_CHAR_ADVANCE_NO_CHECK instead off FETCH_STRING_CHAR_ADVANCE. (Fstring_lessp): Use FETCH_STRING_CHAR_ADVANCE unconditionally. (mapcar1): If SEQ is string, always use FETCH_STRING_CHAR_ADVANCE.