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The Delphi Compiler and UTF-8 Encoded Source Code Files With no BOM

Last week a (large) customer sent me an email indicating he was experiencing issues when compiling the same project on different machines. Turned out the difference was in the source code files format and the root cause was a unit saved as UTF-8*but without a BOM. The reason? One of the developers is using Visual Studio Code... and the solution is a chancing that or using compiler flag. But before I get to the solution, let me show you the problem with a very simple test case.

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