>> If we get an invalid UTF-8 sequence, I'm all for it. But it is not
>> too difficult to not get invalid sequences but still have wrong
>> output.
>
> Theoretically. But it is impossible to write just a single
> non-ASCII byte without hitting an invalid sequence since all
> non-ASCII bytes must be part of multi-byte sequences. Only
> combinations of non-ASCII bytes can form valid utf-8 sequences, and
> the probability of several of them being "just right" is not all
> that high.
For single-byte encodings, you are correct. However, the probability
is *much* higher if you consider legacy two-byte encodings for CJK
scripts.
Werner
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