rbindlist: pre-convert column names to UTF-8
#7461
Merged
+25
−7
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If the return value is not protected,
ENC2UTF8()may end up returning a differentCHARSXPpointer after the original one is garbage-collected, causing us to lose theTRUELENGTHmark. Solution: store thenamesof every list item in a separate list.Fixes: #7452
#6694 will depend on this because it needs a few more changes to memory management insiderbindlist. Can instead be integrated into #6694.