On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/6/6 Raphael B. <[email protected]>: >> That could be achieved (though not on a per file basis) with the -K >> flag, but I've read the -K flag could become deprecated, and that magic >> comments are the future. I don't understand how comments can get such an >> importance in source code, and I want to learn more because I'm >> suspecting I am missing something. > > You can't always provide command-line options (or it might be troublesome).
It is also worth noting that in shell scripts (ruby use to be thought of as a scripting language primarily) that #!/shell/path like #!/bin/bash is very common in perl and other shell script languages. So to see #utf-8 is to me more of a homage to declaring interpreter path than anything else. infact in a .cgi file #!/usr/bin/ruby is perfectly valid Andrew McElroy > > -- Matma Rex > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ruby-talk-google group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ruby-talk-google?hl=en
