Re: Limit the spew of error messages resulting from "wc /bin/sh"

[James Youngman]

On 5/22/07, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> "James Youngman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > 2007-05-22  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
> >
> >        * src/wc.c (wc): Limit the number of messages about invalid
> >        multibyte sequences to error_limit (currently 5).
>
> Hmmm, why does "wc" output _any_ such messages?  The standard doesn't
> require them and they seem like a waste of time.  An invalid byte
> should not count as part of a character or a word, but should count as
> a byte and as part of a line.

I think I agree, but I was trying to be a little cautious.  Unless I
hear an objection in the next day or so, I'll rework the patch on the
lines you suggest.

James.