Re: [Monotone-devel] basic_io not binary transparent?

[Nathaniel J. Smith]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 06:31:32PM +0100, Christof Petig wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> within mtn_cvs I transfer binary (gzip'd) data between mtn and mtn_cvs
> using basic_io. I found that NUL bytes terminate a lexical unit (if
> that's the exact wording) and so the parser aborts with an error.
> 
> Should I
> - fix basic_io to work with NUL bytes, or
> - escape NUL bytes (e.g. as \0 )

My gut reaction is that not allowing NUL bytes is a bug, and quite
possibly a bug in Boost that we picked up accidentally or something.
(Of course, they should only be allowed in ""-strings.)

-- Nathaniel