> b) Use a static/fixed value that is defined by convention, i.e. is not > platform-dependent.
I vote for b). We recently had an encoding problem when we built a project that was developed on Windows on a Unix server. Fortunately, it caused a syntax error so that it was detected early. I can imagine cases where the encoding problem is just in a string. Chances are high, that such a bug will go undetected for a long time. Henry --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]