Subject: Re: bug#13936: Default to UTF-8 for most Emacs source files

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:58:54 -0400

>> I don't think Handa's work is related.  He's trying to improve the
>> performance of Emacs when handling utf-8 files, whereas my request is
>> for a change in behavior, regardless of performance.
> If the performance is not the problem,
> (with-coding-priority '(utf-8)
>   (load-file "_FILE_NAME_"))

That will work only for files using the utf-8 coding system.  My request
is for ways to make it so that more of the .el files are written using
the utf-8 coding system.  E.g. something like setting
buffer-coding-system in emacs-lisp-mode, for example.

        Stefan