- * Set the data type to BINARY or TEXT, using a crude approximation:
- * set it to Z_TEXT if all symbols are either printable characters (33 to 255)
- * or white spaces (9 to 13, or 32); or set it to Z_BINARY otherwise.
+ * Check if the data type is TEXT or BINARY, using the following algorithm:
+ * - TEXT if the two conditions below are satisfied:
+ * a) There are no non-portable control characters belonging to the
+ * "black list" (0..6, 14..25, 28..31).
+ * b) There is at least one printable character belonging to the
+ * "white list" (9 {TAB}, 10 {LF}, 13 {CR}, 32..255).
+ * - BINARY otherwise.
+ * - The following partially-portable control characters form a
+ * "gray list" that is ignored in this detection algorithm:
+ * (7 {BEL}, 8 {BS}, 11 {VT}, 12 {FF}, 26 {SUB}, 27 {ESC}).