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bug#47718: Fix epa-file-insert-file-contents substring error
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#47718: Fix epa-file-insert-file-contents substring error |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:57:51 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:14:34 +0200
> Cc: 47718@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> juntaka <juntaka@protonmail.com> writes:
>
> > I think substring occurs error when TO is longer than its content.
> > This patch will fix the substring bug in epa-file-insert-file-contents.
>
> Thanks; applied to Emacs 28.
Actually, I wonder whether this is TRT: why should we silently accept
invalid inputs when substring itself doesn't?
IOW, can we please have a real-life use case where this happens, and
where silently "fixing" this input is TRT? TIA.