Hi all,

Looking back in time to the definitions of ldap_get_values() and 
ldap_get_values_len(), we are told that "If the attribute values are binary in 
nature, and thus not suitable to be returned as an array of char *'s, the 
ldap_get_values_len() routine can be used instead."

This has been historically vague - first off, what happens if an attempt is 
made to call ldap_get_values() on binary data, do you get an error, or garbage 
data? The source isn't giving me a clear answer.

Second question is how do you know which of ldap_get_values() or 
ldap_get_values_len() to call? Obviously you can manually know this, but I'm 
interested in automated behaviour. What is the canonical way to discover that 
if you queried a jpegPhoto (for example) that the result would be binary?

To be clear, the end goal it to patch the following documentation to make this 
clear:

https://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=ldap_get_values&apropos=0&sektion=3&manpath=OpenLDAP+2.4-Release&arch=default&format=html

Regards,
Graham
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