Re: buffer-swap-text and multibyteness

[Stefan Monnier]

> set-buffer-multibyte jumps through the hoops to DTRT.
> By contrast, in buffer-swap-text we do just this:

>   swapfield (enable_multibyte_characters, Lisp_Object);

> Could this cause trouble, e.g. if one of the buffers whose text is
> swapped contains eight-bit characters?

Why would it?  The text is swapped along with the
enable_multibyte_characters field, so they should stay consistent.
At least that was my reasoning when writing this code.
Basically, enable_multibyte_characters should be stored in the
buffer_text structure rather than in the buffer itself.


        Stefan