bug#16048: 24.3.50; String compare surprise

[michael . albinus]

The following form evals to nil:

  (string-equal "\377" "ÿ")

The character code of "ÿ" is

Char: ÿ (255, #o377, #xff, file ...) point=244 of 5726 (4%) column=23




In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
 of 2013-12-03 on uw001237
Bzr revision: 115361 rudalics@gmx.at-20131203074554-p6glzuiqh5zp4k97
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11103000
System Description:     Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS

Important settings:
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  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Group

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<f2> C-g y <escape> x r e p o r t <tab> <return>

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