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From: Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Tcl 8.6 vs 9.0 encoding plus some general confusion
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:56:29 +0200
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Am 23.06.2025 um 17:59 schrieb Rich:
> Keeping the external "binary" alias visible would have been the better
> option in my opinion.  Even if it was nothing more than an alias for
> iso8859-1.

I am also your opinion.
Unfortunately, this ship sailed already.
It is always sad, if internal design wins over usability...
Some people didn't like the additional if's...

Sorry,
Harald