# langref: document UTF-8 BOM handling · gitcafe/zig

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Author: Manlio Perillo

Committer: Veikka Tuominen

## Message

```
langref: document UTF-8 BOM handling

The current compiler ignores the UTF-8 BOM if it is at the start of the
file, and disallows it anywhere else.  Document it in the Source Encoding
section.

```

## Parents

- [7b68b76326a650fad4c20274601968d436920caf](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/7b68b76326a650fad4c20274601968d436920caf?format=markdown)

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