Does the Scala compiler work with UTF-8 encoded source files?

Question

I have a very simple bit of Scala code

 var str = \"≤\"
 for( ch <- str ) { printf(\"%d, %x\", ch.toInt, ch.toInt) ; println  }
 println
 str = \"\\u2264         


        

Answer 1

The Scala plugin respects the encoding settings of Eclipse. You can set the workspace default in Preferences. If that doesn't trickle down to your sources, check if there is an overriding encoding at the project or source folder level.

For example, here is the property page of a source folder: