[issue2162] BOM (byte order mark) support for Mercurial.ini

[Sune Foldager]

On 28-04-2010 09:29, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>>>> So, why you say it "shouldn't"?
>>> Because it is optional, has no benefit, and "never" is used?
>>
>> I heard it can be used for detection of character encoding,
>> but it seems silly to lose ascii compatibility just for such reason.
>> UTF-8 does exist for ascii transparency.
>
> I don't understand what is "ascii transparency" here. When somebody said
> about "ascii" seriously, for me it sounds the same as pretend we're
> living in the flat world which stand on the back of big turtle.

Welcome to the UNIX world, where many people are scared of anything 
non-ASCII due to compatibility with ancient programs ;-)

/Sune