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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2005-04-08 17:10:17 (GMT)
committerdgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2005-04-08 17:10:17 (GMT)
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diff --git a/generic/tclIO.c b/generic/tclIO.c
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+++ b/generic/tclIO.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
* of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
*
- * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclIO.c,v 1.82 2005/01/27 00:23:23 andreas_kupries Exp $
+ * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclIO.c,v 1.83 2005/04/08 17:10:17 dgp Exp $
*/
#include "tclInt.h"
@@ -1141,6 +1141,13 @@ Tcl_CreateChannel(typePtr, chanName, instanceData, mask)
/*
* Set the channel to system default encoding.
+ *
+ * Note the strange bit of protection taking place here.
+ * If the system encoding name is reported back as "binary",
+ * something weird is happening. Tcl provides no "binary"
+ * encoding, so someone else has provided one. We ignore it
+ * so as not to interfere with the "magic" interpretation
+ * that Tcl_Channels give to the "-encoding binary" option.
*/
statePtr->encoding = NULL;