>> 2) if BOM is there, allow ReadString to find section at the file begin:
I can read/write IniFiles with BOM with fpc r43847, with and withoud DefautSystemCodePage := CP_UTF8.
Sorry, my mistake-- TIniFile can read this BOM file, but my software cannot: a) I've fixed one place where my app reads ini files via TextFile. b) I canNOT fix another place where PYTHON library reads ini file (Python has module for ini files). c) So yes, I want to disable BOM writing at all. -- Regards, Alexey
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