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authorPřemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name>2020-10-02 07:09:58 +0200
committerPřemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name>2020-10-02 07:09:58 +0200
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degesch: expand comment about character encoding
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c
index 04a09e8..f5c0def 100644
--- a/degesch.c
+++ b/degesch.c
@@ -1157,8 +1157,13 @@ input_el_new (void)
// --- Application data --------------------------------------------------------
-// All text stored in our data structures is encoded in UTF-8.
-// Or at least should be. The exception is IRC identifiers.
+// All text stored in our data structures is encoded in UTF-8. Or at least
+// should be--our only ways of retrieving strings are: via the command line
+// (converted from locale, no room for errors), via the configuration file
+// (restrictive ASCII grammar for bare words and an internal check for strings),
+// and via plugins (meticulously validated).
+//
+// The only exception is IRC identifiers.
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