Behavior is unpredictable on non-utf8 input
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Description
There seems to be no sort of error handling or replacement
```console
> require('decode-utf8')(Uint8Array.of(0x00, 0xfe, 0xff)) // skips
'\x00'
> require('decode-utf8')(Uint8Array.of(0x41, 0xff, 0x41)) // skips
'AA'
> require('decode-utf8')(Uint8Array.of(0x1c, 0xf4, 0x68)) // throws
Uncaught RangeError: Invalid code point 1212416
```
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the three non-UTF-8 examples through the package entry point, require('decode-utf8'). Read the decoder implementation and existing tests, if present, to trace why invalid inputs are skipped or throw. Done means invalid input has one consistent, agreed-upon handling behavior covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100