Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > This patch adds support for UTF-8 signatures (aka BOM, byte order > mark) to binfmt_script. Files that start with EF BF FF # ! are now > recognized as scripts (in addition to files starting with # !). > > With such support, creating scripts that reliably carry non-ASCII > characters is simplified. Editors and the script interpreter can > easily agree on what the encoding of the script is, and the > interpreter can then render strings appropriately. Currently, > Python supports source files that start with the UTF-8 signature; > the approach would naturally extend to Perl to enhance/replace > the "use utf8" pragma. Likewise, Tcl could use the UTF-8 signature > to reliably identify UTF-8 source code (instead of assuming > [encoding system] for source code). >
BOM should not be used in UTF-8. In fact, it shouldn't be used at all. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/