Alan Cox wrote:
>
> I don't see how you can do otherwise. The very definition of
> "whitespace" is locale specific. Throwing it at the target as one string
> lets the kernel stay out of locales, languages, policy and other parsing
> horrors. Splitting it has to be done properly or its a non reversible
> operation and tools can't correct the kernel screwups
>
In theory I agree with you. I'm just wondering what is the most practical.
-hpa
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