Re: Small patch to improve safety of utf8_to_unicode().

[Chao Li]

> On Jun 27, 2026, at 22:02, Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2026-06-26 at 12:38 +0800, Chao Li wrote:
>> Sounds like 0001 will be back patched. In that case, the commit
>> message "defend against invalid UTF8” seems too broad. Does it make
>> sense to add some brief description about the defend behavior to the
>> function header comment and the commit message?
> 
> Right. Would "defend against truncated byte sequences" or "defend
> against truncated UTF8" be better wording?
> 
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
> 

Yes, I think they are better. “Truncated” is more specific than “invalid”. I'm 
slightly more keen on the second phrase.

Best regards,
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Chao Li (Evan)
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