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 Message 242,371 of 243,097 
 bart to Michael Sanders 
 Re: is_binary_file() 
 08 Dec 25 18:44:33 
 
From: bc@freeuk.com

On 08/12/2025 18:04, Michael Sanders wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 03:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:
>
>> You miss definition: you should first decide what you consider to
>> be a binary file (this is hard part).
>
> Yes. This is it - everything right here Waldek, that is my entire
> problem.

It's not clear what the actual problem is. What is the use-case for a
function that tells you whether any file /might/ be a text-file based on
speculative analysis of its contents?

Is the result /meant/ to be fuzzy?

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