I agree, although the change was prior to 4-byte utf (2002 vs 2003) the same issue would have manifested with 6 byte sequences. Very curious. It would be reall

I agree, although the change was prior to 4-byte utf (2002 vs 2003) the same issue would have manifested with 6 byte sequences. Very curious. It would be really interesting to see a postmortem by mysql if ever possible, because the more I think about, 3 is such an odd choice (pun), and people usually do most things for a reason haha, its either lost to time, or a brainfart off-by-one.