>>> If I later try to use it on strings of type UTF-8, it can throw an
>>> exception.
> I'm not clear what you mean by an example other than what I put in the 
> original note.


Do you have a small example (like your original) that throws an 
exception where you "use it on strings later of type UTF-8" and it 
throws an exception?

-r
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