# HG changeset patch
# User Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
# Date 1290363379 18000
# Node ID 0e4f6aed76c8ca63de805a394448ff4e400ddd39
# Parent  350f17da7963ca1e8b894f6bb9f6c3d854dde227
* editfns.c (Fbyte_to_string): Signal an error if arg is not a byte.

diff -r 350f17da7963 -r 0e4f6aed76c8 src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog	Sun Nov 21 13:07:47 2010 -0500
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Sun Nov 21 13:16:19 2010 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-21  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+	* editfns.c (Fbyte_to_string): Signal an error arg is not a byte.
+
 2010-11-20  Jan Djärv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
 	* gtkutil.c (menubar_map_cb): New function (Bug#7425).
diff -r 350f17da7963 -r 0e4f6aed76c8 src/editfns.c
--- a/src/editfns.c	Sun Nov 21 13:07:47 2010 -0500
+++ b/src/editfns.c	Sun Nov 21 13:16:19 2010 -0500
@@ -222,12 +222,14 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN ("byte-to-string", Fbyte_to_string, Sbyte_to_string, 1, 1, 0,
-       doc: /* Convert arg BYTE to a string containing that byte.  */)
+       doc: /* Convert arg BYTE to a unibyte string containing that byte.  */)
      (byte)
      Lisp_Object byte;
 {
   unsigned char b;
   CHECK_NUMBER (byte);
+  if (XINT (byte) < 0 || XINT (byte) > 255)
+    error ("Invalid byte");
   b = XINT (byte);
   return make_string_from_bytes (&b, 1, 1);
 }