GNU bug report logs - #9270
`Non-printable characters found'

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 5.110018

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: `Non-printable characters found'
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:59:25 -0400

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.  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.
  




No Gnus v0.18
GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0 AppKit 1038.36)
 of 2011-08-01 on vulcan
200 news.gmane.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.5.1 ready (posting ok)
101 Capability list:
VERSION 2
IMPLEMENTATION INN 2.5.1
AUTHINFO USER
HDR
LIST ACTIVE ACTIVE.TIMES DISTRIB.PATS HEADERS NEWSGROUPS OVERVIEW.FMT
OVER
POST
READER
STARTTLS
.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 364 days ago.

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