From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   Michael Sanders  writes:   
   > On Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:42:59 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:   
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   >> [...]   
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   > Keith if you get a chance see my reply to Lew 'is_text_file()'   
   >   
   > Let me know if I've inched closer a step or two...   
      
   Closer to what exactly?   
      
   In the parent article, I suggested that you likely don't need to   
   determine whether a file is "text" or "binary".  You said you want   
   to parse a file.  An attempt to parse it will fail either if the   
   input is binary or if it's text that doesn't match the grammar you   
   require.   For example, a parser for C source code doesn't need to   
   check whether the input is binary or text.  Certain input   
   characters will simply cause the parse to fail, and a syntax error   
   can be reported.   Tell us more about how you want to parse files.   
   Are you parsing according to a formal grammar?  Or is it more   
   ad-hoc?   
      
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   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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