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grep -P and invalid exits with error

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Message #22 received at 18266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
Cc: 18266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Santiago <santiago <at> debian.org>,
 758105 <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#758105: bug#18266: grep -P and invalid exits with error
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:13:45 -0700

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> The problem with this solution is that it would change the length
> of the text, while replacing invalid bytes by zero bytes could be
> done in place (if allowed), with very little change of the code,
> I think.

True.  Though it might be more user-friendly to use '?' as the 
replacement byte.

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