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| From | <tomas@tuxteam.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) |
| Date | 2018-04-04 16:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <vARgR-7uD-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <vA6UG-1kM-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <vAgqZ-7Cc-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <vAsBP-7m1-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <vAsVb-7IQ-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <vAOCl-5AM-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 08:18:23AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 03 Apr 2018, Michael Lange wrote: > > I believe (please anyone correct me if I am wrong) that "text" files > > won't contain any null byte; many text editors even refuse to open such a > > Depends on the encoding. For ASCII, ISO-8859-* and UTF-8 (and any other > modern encoding AFAIK, other than modified UTF-8), any zero bytes map > one-to-one to the NUL character/code point. I don't recall how it is on > other common encodings of the 80's and 90's, though. Try UTF-16, what Microsoft (and a couple of years ago Apple) love to call "Unicode": in more "Western" contexts every second byte is NULL! > Some even-more-modern encodings (modified UTF-8 :p) simply do NOT use > bytes with the value of zero when encoding characters, so NUL is encoded > by a different sequence, and you can safely use a byte with the value of > zero for some out-of-band control [...] Yes, the problem is that someone else before you could have been doing exactly that. I'd guard against that. It's not exactly difficult, the traditional "escape" mechanism (aka character stuffing) does it pretty well... Cheers - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlrE3JcACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYW7ACeMG0SQB23RSySoeSJBItB+Eji QEgAnipwAcoVJuzynJVBO1CR2rrLeuFs =xhja -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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utf mess-mate <mess-mate@gmx.com> - 2018-04-01 16:10 +0200
Re: utf Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-04-01 17:50 +0200
Re: utf Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> - 2018-04-01 18:30 +0200
Re: utf Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2018-04-01 18:40 +0200
Re: utf Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-04-01 22:10 +0200
Re: utf Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-02 00:50 +0200
Re: utf Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-04-02 09:50 +0200
Re: utf Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-04-02 11:40 +0200
Re: utf Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-02 15:30 +0200
Re: utf Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2018-04-02 09:50 +0200
Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-02 14:40 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-02 15:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-04-02 15:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-02 19:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-04-02 20:20 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-02 20:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) tomas@tuxteam.de - 2018-04-02 21:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-02 21:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-04-03 00:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-03 13:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-03 14:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-03 14:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-04-03 14:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-04-03 14:20 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-03 14:40 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-04-03 21:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-03 21:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-04-03 22:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-03 14:40 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 03:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 03:20 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 13:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 14:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 14:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 14:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 15:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2018-04-04 16:20 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-04 16:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 18:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 18:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-04-04 20:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-04 14:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 15:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-04-04 19:40 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 19:50 +0200
mbox vs maildir vs better formats [Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf)] Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-04-04 20:00 +0200
Re: mbox vs maildir vs better formats [Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf)] Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 20:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 20:40 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-04-04 20:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-05 14:40 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-05 00:20 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 21:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-04-04 13:20 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-04 16:10 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-04-04 20:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-04 21:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-04-04 23:50 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-04-05 01:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-04-04 21:00 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-04-04 20:30 +0200
Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 21:30 +0200
Re: utf Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-04-02 23:40 +0200
Re: utf Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-04-03 11:00 +0200
Re: utf Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-04-03 11:20 +0200
Re: utf <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-03 11:30 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-03 12:20 +0200
Re: utf Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-04-03 22:50 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-03 23:00 +0200
Re: utf Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-03 23:00 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-03 23:30 +0200
Re: utf deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 19:00 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 19:10 +0200
Re: utf Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-04 19:30 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 19:40 +0200
Re: utf deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 19:40 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 19:40 +0200
Re: utf Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-04 19:50 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-04 20:00 +0200
Re: utf deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 23:20 +0200
Re: utf Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-04-05 02:30 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-05 14:10 +0200
Re: utf Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-04-05 00:00 +0200
Re: utf rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-04 20:30 +0200
Re: utf Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2018-04-04 21:30 +0200
Re: utf deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 23:40 +0200
Re: utf <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-05 08:30 +0200
Re: utf rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-05 14:50 +0200
Re: utf <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-05 15:00 +0200
Re: utf Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-04-05 15:00 +0200
Re: utf tomas@tuxteam.de - 2018-04-05 15:10 +0200
Re: utf deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-05 21:40 +0200
Re: utf Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-04-05 23:30 +0200
Re: utf deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-05 23:40 +0200
Re: utf Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-04-06 03:20 +0200
Re: utf <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-06 09:00 +0200
Re: utf Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-04-06 04:20 +0200
Re: utf <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-06 09:10 +0200
Re: utf Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-04-05 19:00 +0200
Re: utf rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-05 20:00 +0200
Re: utf Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-04-03 23:40 +0200
Re: utf Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-04-04 14:20 +0200
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