From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com

Michael Sanders  writes:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:42:59 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
>> [...]
>
> Keith if you get a chance see my reply to Lew 'is_text_file()'
>
> Let me know if I've inched closer a step or two...

Closer to what exactly?

In the parent article, I suggested that you likely don't need to
determine whether a file is "text" or "binary".  You said you want
to parse a file.  An attempt to parse it will fail either if the
input is binary or if it's text that doesn't match the grammar you
require.   For example, a parser for C source code doesn't need to
check whether the input is binary or text.  Certain input
characters will simply cause the parse to fail, and a syntax error
can be reported.   Tell us more about how you want to parse files.
Are you parsing according to a formal grammar?  Or is it more
ad-hoc?

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