Re: [Emacs-diffs] master db828f6: Don't rely on defaults in decoding UTF-8 encoded Lisp files

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 01:29:57 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > If
> > that's portability between locales, then our solution of having a
> > coding cookie is better for Emacs, because it supports more use cases
> > than just assuming UTF-8 would.
> 
> Sure, but the point is that we shouldn't need a cookie for UTF-8.  Cookies 
> are 
> awkward, and should be inserted only when needed; they shouldn't be needed 
> for 
> the typical case.

Our experience since Emacs 20 is that the "typical case" is not a good
guideline for implementing multilingual tools.  Not unless the typical
case becomes the only case.