Dodging BOMs

Whether or not it is a Good Thing to start a file with a BOM in UTF8, there is a problem if you do: Unrecognized character \xEF at test.pl line 1. I assume this problem could be stated for any whitespace character. The particular problem is that this character

Re: Dodging BOMs

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:26:12 EDT, "Martin Hosken" wrote: > Any advice? Should Perl ignore a UTF8 BOM on its own? It's certainly a bug that it doesn't. Patch welcome, in case you feel up to it. Sarathy [EMAIL PROTECTED]