Re: io:lines() and \0

[René Rebe <rene@...>]

On Feb 21, 2014, at 13:01 , Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:

[...] These could

be solved by just stating 'DO NOT USE LINE FUNCTION IN FILES WITH

CONTROL CHARS'.

I think we all agreed with that many many messages ago. It reads like
that:

I do not remember being among the group of "all" that want to cover a data

corruption bug with a change of the manual, … :-/

 The formats @St{*l} and @St{*L} should be used only for text files.
 In particular, the file should not contain @x{embedded zeros} nor any
 other control character other than newlines and horizontal tabs.

-- 
 ExactCODE GmbH, Jaegerstr. 67, DE-10117 Berlin
 http://exactcode.com | http://exactscan.com | http://ocrkit.com | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.de