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`Non-printable characters found'

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 9270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: `Non-printable characters found'
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:50:33 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> I've recently discovered that messages sent out containing NUL (0)
> characters (which are common in emacs backtraces) are often truncated at
> the point of the NUL.

It would be interesting to find out why, by the way.  I thought most
SMTP servers were pretty 8-bit clean these days...

> I don't think the warning about "non-printable
> characters" is adequate to that danger.  When I see it, I normally
> think, "who cares?  I don't expect anyone to print this!"
>
> I suggest either:
>
>   force-replacing NUL or
>
>   issuing a different warning about NUL characters and their possible effects.

I've made the warning different.

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