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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?   
      
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