user's locale is demonstrably incorrect and broken; I'm not going to use
<code>LC_CTYPE</code> for anything except output. However, maybe "UTF-8 or
the usual legacy encoding provided that the latter is not typically confused
-for the former" is a good enough specification. I'll try to come down from
+for the former" is a good enough specification, and that still has the
+desirable property of not requiring a flag day. I'll try to come down from
the fence before unleashing this code on the world.</p>