Re: [RFC] Suggesting UTF-8 instead of ASCII

[Karl Berry]

    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 œôòüthereœôòùs a good reason to do [it].œôòý

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