>> The UTF8 flag doesn't mark a SV (with PV) as a character string. A SV >> (with PV) without the UTF8 flag may be a character string. > > Just to clarify: such a “character string” can only contain code points 0-255, right? Whereas a character string *with* the UTF8 flag may contain any code point? Follow-up question: does any binary/text-aware encoder (CBOR, Sereal, etc.) ever encode a non-UTF8-flag SV as text rather than binary? -FGThread Previous | Thread Next