On Feb 21, 2014, at 13:01 , Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
[...] These could
be solved by just stating 'DO NOT USE LINE FUNCTION IN FILES WITH
CONTROL CHARS'.
I think we all agreed with that many many messages ago. It reads like
that:
I do not remember being among the group of "all" that want to cover a data
corruption bug with a change of the manual, … :-/
The formats @St{*l} and @St{*L} should be used only for text files.
In particular, the file should not contain @x{embedded zeros} nor any
other control character other than newlines and horizontal tabs.