Unicode in C++ source files

From: Alex J. Dam (alexjdam_at_yahoo.com.br)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:28:37 -0200

Hi.

I found this in the 1997 standard draft under 2.10:

An identifier is an arbitrarily long sequence of letters and digits.
Each universal-character-name in an identifier shall designate a char-
acter whose encoding in ISO 10646 falls into one of the ranges speci-
fied in _extendid_.

Does it really mean that C++ compilers should accept identifiers with
accented letters and all?
If it does, is there a compiler which accepts them?

Thanks. 

-- 
Alex J. Dam
"Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin',
an' nuttin's plenty fo' me"
 -- Porgy

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