* Pavel Stehule:
>> By the way, I refuse the notion that UTF-8 strings with embedded NULs
>> are "broken". I can't recall any other system which enforces UTF-8
>> well-formedness, but does not permit embedded NULs.
> I have a different question. What is reason for embedded NULs inside
> strings?
The source system does not enforce that constraint, so from time to
time, such data slips through. I don't know why it's there in the first
place, and I have no control over the original data source. Usually,
it's okay to silently strip NUL bytes; it's just a bit awkward.
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