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Subject: Re: [boost] Change to guidelines for characters in C++ source files
From: Michael Caisse (mcaisse-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-26 18:18:46


On 06/25/2015 04:15 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> 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?
>

Tabs are still banned.

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Michael Caisse
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