Re: Lua interpreter and Lua files encoding

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com> writes:
> UTF8 was specifically formulated so that a multi-octet character can't
> be mistaken for ASCII characters.  to ensure that, every octet has the
> eight bit set.

Yup, utf8 is a very clever encoding, and tends to "just work" unless the
app goes to some lengths to screw it up (which lua doesn't of course --
lua generally works fine with utf8 content).

[Some apps _do_ manage to screw it up though, e.g., MS Visual
Studio/VSC++ ...]

-Miles

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