On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Using the 'latin-1' to mean unknown encoding can easily result > > in Mojibake (unreadable text) entering your application with > > dangerous effects on your other text data. > > Agreed. The latin-1 suggestion is purely for people who object to > learning how to handle the encodings in their data more accurately. > I'm not so sure -- it could be used (abused?) for that, but I'm suggesting it be used for mixed ascii-binary data. I don't know that there IS a "right" way to do that -- at least not an efficient or easy to read and write one. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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