On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 10:12:47PM +0200, Andries E. Brouwer wrote:
> Clearly, this 10% test is completely bogus.
> 
> More in particular, I think that a file is binary if it contains even
> a single NUL byte.
> 
> What is the reason for this test?
> 
> Should I propose a patch?

I proposed a patch quite awhile ago for this same problem.  Let me see
if I can dig it up.

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