jmd> However, I would be very sad to see anything which encourages
people to use non-ascii in source files without good reason.
I agree.
Coding standards are supposed to be conservative. The current
coding standards prefer ascii, but allow utf8 when necessary. So I
think that this section of the coding standards are fine [...]
I agree.
ludo> the intent is to make UTF-8 more natural, rather than a second
choice when ôòüthereôòùs a good reason to do [it].ôòý
Sorry, I think it *should* be a (distant) second choice. The assumption
that all the world is UTF-8 is simply not valid, in my experience. Both
personally and with people I know.
If you disagree, feel free to write rms directly. I would suggest only
proposing the idea, not the actual text, or he could easily get diverted.
best,
karl
