Re: [boost] Change to guidelines for characters in C++ source files

Subject: Re: [boost] Change to guidelines for characters in C++ source files
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-25 19:15:13

On 25.06.2015 17:12, Beman Dawes wrote:
>
> It looks to me like it is high time to change the Boost guideline for C++
> source file encoding to 7-bit ASCII without BOM or UTF-8 with BOM, and to
> change the inspect program accordingly.
>
> Comments?

Why not just always assume UTF-8, whether there is BOM or not? I don't 
think UTF-8 BOM makes much sense, and I don't think editors commonly 
insert one.

Also, while we're at it, are tabs still banned?