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> Please don't. Set the charset in your headers (and it should be utf-8 unless you have a very good reason). Legitimate question: why? If I'm not planning on u

by traes 6y ago

> Please don't. Set the charset in your headers (and it should be utf-8 unless you have a very good reason). Legitimate question: why? If I'm not planning on using non-ASCII characters, why bother?

rglullis 6y ago
There is a huge distance between what you are planning to do and what happens when reality shows up.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> Legitimate question: why? If I'm not planning on using non-ASCII characters, why bother? Because not all character sets are ASCII compatible, and you don't know that your user's default is, even though most browsers' defaults if not customized are.
thristian 6y ago
Because if you don't specify a character set, the browser will be forced to guess, and even with plain ASCII input the guess is not always reliable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_hid_the_facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_hid_the_facts
lazyjones 6y ago
> why? If I'm not planning on using non-ASCII characters, why bother? IF you have any user input at all (forms...), you will end up with major headaches.