On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Jens Alfke wrote:

> Also also, be aware that creating an NSString from UTF-8 data can result in a 
> nil string if the data is not valid UTF-8. This can happen if the packet gets 
> corrupted in transit or if something else is accidentally or maliciously 
> sending unexpected data to your port. To be robust, your code should detect 
> this and (probably) just ignore the packet.

So, come to think of it, what if the packet breaks in the middle of a 
multi-byte sequence?

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Scott Ribe
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