> On 12. Apr 2022, at 00:24, Jakob Reschke <jakres+squeak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Am Mo., 11. Apr. 2022 um 14:42 Uhr schrieb Marcel Taeumel
> <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>:
>>
>> What do you think should be the default encoding when opening a new file?
>>
>
> Binary, so no encoding at all :-) Unfortunately text mode has
> traditionally been the default, so this would be even more of a
> breaking change...
> Hence: UTF-8.

I take back my opinion and adopt Jakob's  instead.

Best
	-Tobias