From: David Flanagan <david@...>
Date: 2007-10-27T07:40:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Hopefully Complete List of Possible Encoding  Specifications -Existing Ones

Martin Duerst wrote:
> At 10:30 07/10/26, Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:
>> However, now I'm wondering the encoding of the main script file
>> shouldn't set the primary encoding.  Instead, should it be to be set
>> only from a command line option or locale?
> 
> Do you mean "I'm wondering whether the encoding of the main script
> file should indeed set the primary encoding, or not."? That's indeed
> a good question. I don't know the answer, it seems to me there
> are good arguments/situations for both.
> 

Actually, I'm having trouble coming up with a good argument for setting
the primary encoding from the script encoding instead of from the locale...

The thing that convinces me that a coding comment in a script should not
set primary encoding is the question of what a coding comment should do
for files loaded with 'require'.

(Also: does require need a new argument to specify the encoding of the
file to be loaded?  Or should all library authors be sure to use a
coding comment so their files can be correctly loaded regardless of the
primary encoding of the loading script?)

	David