Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes: > In message > <a6080839-c74d-4466-aa21-f8c4827cb...@y12g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, TheOne > wrote: > >> I want the source files to have BOM character. > > What exactly is the point of a BOM in a UTF-8-encoded file?
It's a MS-specific thing that makes a file identifieable as UTF-8-encoded under windows. The name BOM is obviously BS, but it's the way it is. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
