You can do a pass after the fact replacing <<0>> by the replacement character.
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 10:43 AM Daniel Kukula <daniel.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > Any chance to have an option to also escape null byte in > String.replace_invalid ?? > > In utf-8 <<0>> is a valid character but there are problems with it: > - it's invalid in modified utf-8 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#Modified_UTF-8 > - postgres does not accept text containing it, you get an error character > not in repertoire > - it's sometimes used as a string terminating sequence > - it cli apps when you try to get the actual string width it's problematic: > iex> String.length(<<0>>) > 1 > iex> IO.puts("-" <> <<0>> <> "-") > -^ - <- it has a width of 2 characters when printed in elixir. Some > specifications also say to skip printing it at all. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/94558371-5fcd-4de3-af99-5a0e2ef22261n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/94558371-5fcd-4de3-af99-5a0e2ef22261n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4Jk5DuTNQrOTU-3zu630moK09n7eD37mHKvmV9XWcvLHg%40mail.gmail.com.
