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Author	loewis
Recipients	geon, loewis
Date	2009-01-04.16:04:32
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Message-id	<4960DE0E.9070805@v.loewis.de>
In-reply-to	<4960CD9D.7070802@post.cz>

Content
> utf8 has a special flag No, it doesn't. > as a special mark for editors. That's the BOM, or UTF-8 signature. It's optional, and UTF-8-encoded files typically do not have the UTF-8 signature. > Even after making change in > it in IDLE, it does not became real utf8. Your understanding of UTF-8 is incorrect.

> utf8 has a special flag

No, it doesn't.

> as a special mark for editors.

That's the BOM, or UTF-8 signature. It's optional, and UTF-8-encoded
files typically do *not* have the UTF-8 signature.

> Even after making change in 
> it in IDLE, it does not became real utf8. 

Your understanding of UTF-8 is incorrect.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2009-01-04 16:04:33	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, geon
2009-01-04 16:04:32	loewis	link	issue4815 messages
2009-01-04 16:04:32	loewis	create