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   Michael Sanders to James Kuyper   
   Re: is_binary_file()   
   10 Dec 25 18:45:39   
   
   From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:46:36 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
      
   > I would recommend against use of explicit numerical codes for   
   > characters. They make your code dependent upon a particular encoding,   
   > and you're free to make that choice, but for implementations where that   
   > encoding is the default, the corresponding C escape sequences will have   
   > precisely the the correct value, and make it easier to understand what   
   > your code is doing:   
   >   
   > 0x00 '\0'   
   > 0x09 '\t'   
   > 0x0A '\n'   
   > 0x0D '\r'   
   > 0x20 ' '   
      
   Aye, moving towards that (eventually).   
      
   Thanks for your comments James.   
      
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   Mike Sanders   
      
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