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|    bart to Michael Sanders    |
|    Re: is_binary_file()    |
|    08 Dec 25 18:44:33    |
      From: bc@freeuk.com              On 08/12/2025 18:04, Michael Sanders wrote:       > On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 03:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:       >       >> You miss definition: you should first decide what you consider to       >> be a binary file (this is hard part).       >       > Yes. This is it - everything right here Waldek, that is my entire       > problem.              It's not clear what the actual problem is. What is the use-case for a       function that tells you whether any file /might/ be a text-file based on       speculative analysis of its contents?              Is the result /meant/ to be fuzzy?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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