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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Subject: bug#33848: Store references in SBCL-compiled code are "invisible"
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:03:12 -0500
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To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
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Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:

>> : > Store file names are always ASCII so problems arise when they are st=
ored
>> : > as UTF-16 or UTF-32/UCS-4.
>> :=20
>> : I understand that most programs stick to ASCII filenames, but what abo=
ut the odd
>> : one using non-English, special characters?
>>=20
>> That=E2=80=99s a separate debate.  :-)  Essentially this restriction on =
store
>> file names has always been there in Guix (and Nix before that).  If we
>> were to change it, that would raise compatibility issues.
>
> But what happens if we attempt to store "=C3=A1" in the store?

Indeed.  Although we might restrict the immediate entries within
/gnu/store to ASCII characters, file names deeper within those
directories may have non-ASCII characters.  More generally, store
references may occur within larger strings which might include non-ASCII
characters.

       Mark