[Openmcl-devel] *default-character-encoding* should be :utf-8

Ron Garret ron at flownet.com
Sun Mar 4 13:14:34 PST 2012


On Mar 4, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Raymond Wiker wrote:

> Another point here is that the encoding of a particular file is what it is, no matter what the user's environment has been set up for. It is no help if the user's environment has been set up for a particular encoding when at least some source files are in a completely different encoding.

Yes, this is another reason why it's important for everyone to use the same encoding unless there's a COMPELLING reason not to.  If you're writing code, UTF-8 is the One True Encoding.

rg




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