Re: [bug-gawk] [External] Re: Invalid Characters Causing Problems in awk 4.0.2

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Wolfgang Laun <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:06:23 +0200
> Cc: "Gilbert, Brandon (Synchrony)" <address@hidden>, bug-gawk <address@hidden>
> 
> You get other inconsistencies if a text file's encoding doesn't match the 
> system's default.

With simple-minded programs such as 'wc', yes.  More sophisticated
programs, such as Emacs, don't suffer from this limitation.