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

Subject: Re: [boost] Change to guidelines for characters in C++ source files
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-26 07:31:53

On 26 Jun 2015 at 13:25, Sebastian Redl wrote:

> >> Thus, we need a BOM in our source files if they contain UTF-8. That's
> >> just a sad fact.
> > This suggests, I suppose, that the Boost lint script will need to
> > error out on any source files without a BOM right?
> >
> Only if they contain characters outside the basic source set, I suppose.

It'll have to be at the per-git repo level, so either all the source 
in a git repo is UTF-8 BOMed or it isn't.

This is because .gitattributes selects UTF-8 encoding based on file 
extension, and that applies for an entire git repo.

Niall

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