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(Fstring_as_multibyte): Fix the change for syncing with CVS head.
author Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
date Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:58:20 +0000
parents 146c086df160
children 53b4e79584dd
files src/fns.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/fns.c	Thu Apr 14 05:03:52 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/fns.c	Mon Apr 18 06:58:20 2005 +0000
@@ -1072,7 +1072,12 @@
 If STRING is unibyte and contains an individual 8-bit byte (i.e. not
 part of a correct utf-8 sequence), it is converted to the corresponding
 multibyte character of charset `eight-bit'.
-See also `string-to-multibyte'.  */)
+See also `string-to-multibyte'.
+
+Beware, this often doesn't really do what you think it does.
+It is similar to (decode-coding-string STRING 'utf-8-emacs).
+If you're not sure, whether to use `string-as-multibyte' or
+`string-to-multibyte', use `string-to-multibyte'.  */)
      (string)
      Lisp_Object string;
 {