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

[Paul Eggert]

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.