Issue 154 - google-web-toolkit

Issue 154:	Compiler reports errors for non-ASCII characters (UTF-8 not supported)
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Status:	Fixed
Owner:	----
Type-Defect
Priority-Medium
Milestone-1_0_21

Reported by btaylor, Sep 27, 2006

Detailed description:
The GWT compiler reports errors for non-ASCII characters, effectively
preventing the use of Unicode/localized strings in source code.

Workarounds:
Use Java Unicode escapes of the form \uXXXX.

Links to the relevant GWT Developer Forum posts:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/ccc81a1541887bcd
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/a83e879501ec8f00
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/6ed4f82196394fad