ext/console/console.c in console-0.2 vs ext/console/console.c in console-0.2.1

@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@
     wchar_t wc;
     size_t num_bytes = mbrtowc(&wc, string, remaining_bytes, &mbs);
     if(num_bytes == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "malformed string: NULL byte at position %ld", RSTRING_LEN(v_string) - remaining_bytes);
 
     int width = wcwidth(wc);
-    if(width == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "bad string: non-printable character");
+    /* sometimes this seems to happen! maybe it's not bad...
+    if(width == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "bad string: non-printable character at position %ld", RSTRING_LEN(v_string) - remaining_bytes);
+    */
 
     display_width += width;
     remaining_bytes -= num_bytes;
     string += num_bytes; // advance string pointer
   }
@@ -124,11 +126,13 @@
     wchar_t wc;
     size_t num_bytes = mbrtowc(&wc, string, remaining_bytes, &mbs);
     if(num_bytes == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "malformed string: NULL byte at position %ld", RSTRING_LEN(v_string) - remaining_bytes);
 
     int width = wcwidth(wc);
-    if(width == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "bad string: non-printable character");
+    /* sometimes this seems to happen! maybe it's not bad...
+    if(width == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "bad string: non-printable character at position %ld", RSTRING_LEN(v_string) - remaining_bytes);
+    */
 
     current_width += width;
     remaining_bytes -= num_bytes;
     string += num_bytes; // advance string pointer
   }
@@ -150,10 +154,12 @@
     wchar_t wc;
     size_t num_bytes = mbrtowc(&wc, string_end, remaining_bytes, &mbs);
     if(num_bytes == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "malformed string: NULL byte at position %ld", RSTRING_LEN(v_string) - remaining_bytes);
 
     int width = wcwidth(wc);
-    if(width == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "bad string: non-printable character");
+    /* sometimes this seems to happen! maybe it's not bad...
+    if(width == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "bad string: non-printable character at position %ld", RSTRING_LEN(v_string) - remaining_bytes);
+    */
 
     if((current_width + width) > display_width) break; // have to stop here
 
     current_width += width;
     remaining_bytes -= num_bytes;