Scott Stevens writes:
> OK, this shouldn't happen. Were the 2 characters at the end of the
> file or elsewhere ? Did the filesize stay correct ? Is it reproducible
> ? Has anyone else noticed this ?

The two characters were inside the file (even not near the end). There
were at distance 3 (i.e. other 2 characters between them), but not in
the same 32-bit word. The filesize staid correct. It is not reproducible.

Yours,

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