Re: [clisp-list] UTF-8 BOM problem with clisp-2.41

[Pekka N. <pek...@wl...>]

Sam Steingold wrote:
>> * Pekka Niiranen <crxxn.avvenara@jynaznvy.pbz> [2007-01-13 15:30:14 +0200]:
>>
>> But when I save the file in "UTF-8" with BOM I get this:
> 
> CLISP does not support BOM.
> please save your file with plain UTF-8.
> 

Thank you for your answer.

Sadly I cannot remove BOM but I will try to
"strip" it if the line starts with it as I do in the Python
program I am trying to convert into Lisp:

# Strip the BOM from the beginning of the Unicode string, if it exists
u.lstrip( unicode( codecs.BOM_UTF8, "utf8" ) )

Another issue: I am reading "Practical Common Lisp"
and in "chapter 15" it speaks about "quirks" in Clisp's design
when it comes in listing directories.
As a beginner, I find it bad publicity for Clisp.
Furthermore, I would like to see Clisp being ported into
latest OpenBSD too. Any comments?

-pekka-