Re:Show HN: UXY – adding structure to Unix tools
by adrianratnapala on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:00PM
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But as written, the definition permits generating the weird output. Which ignores the other arm of Postel's principle.
You could have the format definition forbid these characters; and then in the section about Postel's principle have "If you choose to accept forbidden characters, you MUST treat them as '?'".
You could have the format definition forbid these characters; and then in the section about Postel's principle have "If you choose to accept forbidden characters, you MUST treat them as '?'".