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* A filesystem may treat paths as bytes and not perform Unicode processing | * A filesystem may treat paths as bytes and not perform Unicode processing | ||
* A website may ask the user to submit a post that isn't valid Unicode | * A website may ask the user to submit a post that isn't valid Unicode | ||
* A file manager may track filenames as bytes but display them as | * A file manager may track filenames as bytes but display them as mangled Unicode | ||
* A photo labeller may prepend Unicode dates to a non-Unicode filename | * A photo labeller may prepend Unicode dates to a non-Unicode filename | ||
The decision on how to handle non-Unicode data is highly contextual and can range from simple error messages to complex mappings between non-Unicode and Unicode data. | The decision on how to handle non-Unicode data is highly contextual and can range from simple error messages to complex mappings between non-Unicode and Unicode data. |