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29.0.50; Lisp files with other encoding than UTF-8?

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Message #20 received at 59341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59341: 29.0.50; Lisp files with other encoding than UTF-8?
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:59:18 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 03:11:15 -0800
> Cc: 59341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > However, I think we should add a note in the Commentary section about
> > these subtleties, so that whoever next is bothered about this will be
> > able to have their questions answered.
> 
> How about adding something like this to the Commentary section of the
> relevant files (i.e. the list I posted originally):
> 
> ;; Note that this file contains non-Unicode characters, which are
> ;; needed for certain conversions.  See the discussion in Bug#59341.

I'd rather describe the reason in more detail there.

I can do this myself if you prefer.

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