standards - Which is better — hex escaping or octal escaping? -


i writing program outputs arbitrary binary in utf-8 stream. avoid having invalid utf-8, escaping invalid characters. should use hex or octal escaping?

that is, should hex ffff escaped this:

\xff\xff 

or this:

\377\377 

the first python does, second c does. can't decide.

[edit] need able handle potentially long strings, this:

something something\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377something 

vs.

something something\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xffsomething 

many times in life, when chosing between equals, getting past choice of more benefit value inherent in options themselves.

or, former boss of mine say, "that's non-problem."


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