Re: `read-from-minibuffer' seems to always return a multibyte string, but why?

> From: Nickolai Dobrynin <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:46:40 +0200
> 
> One question remains, though: what is the mechanism by which
> `read-from-minibuffer' is returning a multibyte string here?

The value it returns is a string produced from minibuffer text.  When
Emacs does this (with functions like buffer-string), it makes sure the
resulting string is multibyte if the buffer is multibyte, else
unibyte.  Because nothing else makes sense, right?

> Since `inherit-input-method' is nil, the minibuffer, according to
> the manual, does NOT inherit the current input method and the
> multibyteness of the previous current buffer. This description makes
> it sound like setting the final argument to nil places the function
> in the unibyte mode.
> 
> I know, I'm wrong, but where exactly am I wrong?

I think you forget that by default all Emacs buffers are multibyte.
See the doc string of enable-multibyte-characters, which is a
per-buffer variable.