Re: What would break if we make conv_text() a null operation?

[Jürgen W. <wie...@fr...>]

Hi list,

> Was there originally a good reason for this?
> What would break if the routine conv_text() became a null operation?
>   conv_text(const char *s) { return s; }
>
[...]
> 
> [2] OK, I can see the rationale for escaping <tab>, <return>,
> <linefeed>, and possibly <doublequote> in the output from "show" and
>  "save". But those are about the only exceptions I can think of.

Well, these things are crucial.  Escape sequences, backslashes and
double quotes need to be escaped (as you know).  Quoting characters
>= 128 is not that important, I guess, and for UTF8 not even
sensible.

Juergen