"shatty" <shatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Although this approach still has the drawback that files that are > loaded and re-saved may not be binary identical after no changes, I > think this is acceptible. This is acceptible because we still > provide > a solution which preserves identicality (use UTF-8) and I suspect > that > cases where it will not be binary identical are minimal. (these are > hopefully rare) Also, it may be the case that after the first load- > save cycle, on each subsequent load-save cycle, binary identicality > will be preserved. As long as the file contains no invalid characters, and the conversions are implemented correctly, I can hardly see a problem with this approach at all. Adios... Axel.