Re: Limit the spew of error messages resulting from "wc /bin/sh"

[Jim Meyering]

"James Youngman" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hmmm, why does "wc" output _any_ such messages?  The standard doesn't
>> require them and they seem like a waste of time.  An invalid byte
>> should not count as part of a character or a word, but should count as
>> a byte and as part of a line.
>
> I think I agree, but I was trying to be a little cautious.  Unless I
> hear an objection in the next day or so, I'll rework the patch on the
> lines you suggest.

I agree.  Thanks for working on that.