[nem-en] Language support and BOM

[Alexey Borzenkov]

On 1/30/07, vc <vc at rsdn.ru> wrote:
>
> > I guess you can always convert files to utf8 and VS will read them
> > correctly. Maybe there is a way to make it use utf8 by default also
> > for new files?
> We can use utf-8 files in VS templates.
> But, we can't convert files if user does not want it!


The solution is simple: every developer writing with Nemerle should know by
heart that they *must* use utf-8 or things won't work the way they want.
It's really that simple. If Nemerle would give way and support
auto-detection, the more reason for Microsoft and everyone else not fixing
their software.

Problem in that you wish to incorrectly interpret files which not being
> coded in utf.


Who said they are not coded in utf-8? The absense of BOM doesn't tell us a
thing about file encoding. It just tells us that file can be in absolutely
any encoding. Ever had a chance looking at source files with comments from
japanese developers? VS and mostly everyone else would open them in wrong
encoding on your PC too. The same thing would be for Russian source files:
foreign people would try to compile them and get not what Russian developers
usually get.
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