> From: Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> > Cc: d...@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:35:12 +0200 > > >> If emacs managed to restore a binary/text unification (and infect Guile > >> in the process), that would be quite an accomplishment. > > > > I don't understand what "binary/text unification" means, sorry. > > I say filenames are byte strings. Guile says they are character strings. > You are saying they are both at once.
Yes, to be viable in real-life situation, Guile needs to support character strings with occasional embedded raw bytes that cannot be interpreted as characters. Which means string implementation needs to have a special representation for these raw bytes that would allow lossless round-trip, and at the same time avoid the pitfalls some of which were mentioned here.
