Subject: Re: bug#17044: R6RS open-input-file failed to recognize UTF-8 encoded file

From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:45:26 -0400

Xin Wang <[email-masked]> writes:

> `open-input-file' in (rnrs io simple) can not recognize UTF-8 encoded
> file, `open-input-file' in core do not have this problem.
>
> I think it is caused by a bug in definition of `open-input-file',
> which forget to pass third argument `buffer-mode' to
> `open-file-input-port'.

Indeed, thanks for tracking this down.

> BTW, `open-output-file' seems to have a similar problem.

Fixed in 5dcbcfcef8eefd1f9e57d8ba69efe1ca945c95b1.  This will be in
2.0.11, which will most likely be released within a couple of days.

   Thanks,
     Mark