On 8/16/25 19:01, Collin Funk wrote:
Is there any reason that gzip doesn't use quote and error from Gnulib? e.g. to avoid dependencies on locale stuff?
Partly that, and partly because it's a symptom of a larger issue: gzip was written in a hurry and is poorly structured and people understandably don't want to mess with it. Decades ago I toyed with the idea of rewriting it from scratch but gave it up as a job not worth doing.
