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(read-envvar-name): Decode names. (substitute-env-vars): Use eval-when-compile and char class. (setenv): Doc fix. Encode the data (after checking that's possible). (getenv): Encode the name and decode the result.

ttn 2003-02-14

apparently there was a big discussion on emacs-devel wrt trailing whitespace.
there was a mass-change to remove such from various branches in cvs.  probably
it's a good idea to avoid adding trailing whitespace in new code/docs and in
changes.