http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33415
Vikas <chalakella at yahoo dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |chalakella at yahoo dot com --- Comment #8 from Vikas <chalakella at yahoo dot com> 2013-03-25 05:02:57 UTC --- Hi Experts I am facing the same kind of problem...... I had an c++ application which uses unicode string inside it, I had compiled the solution using Visual Studio 2012. The file is saved in utf-8 with BOM(byte order marker). When I run the same file in linux, I got the following errors:- error: stray '\239' in program 1: error: stray '\187' in program 1: error: stray '\191' in program I found that gcc won't support BOM in the c++ file.If I remove the BOM from the file error get resolved. Is there a way by which I can compile my application containing files saved in utf-8 with BOM ? I am compiling the application in "Red hat enterprise Linux 4 edition" , where GCC version 3.4.6. Please help me in this regard. Thanks & Regards Vikas