On 09/06/2022 16.23, Corentin via Core wrote:
> _Option 2: _
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> An implementation shall support UTF-8 source files. It may also support an implementation-defined set of other kinds of source files, and, if so, it shall provide an implementation-defined means of designating a file as a UTF-8 source file, independent of the content of that source file. [Note: In other words, recognizing the U+FEFF Byte Order Mark is not sufficient. --end note].
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> If a source file is determined to be a UTF-8 source file, then it shall be a well-formed UTF-8 code unit sequence and its content is decoded to produce a sequence of UCS scalar values that constitutes the sequence of elements of the translation character set.

We use "designate" in one place and "determined" in another when
talking about UTF-8 source files.

What's the operative difference between those words?
If there is some, I'd appreciate making the difference
clearer, e.g. by saying

"is designated or otherwise determined to be a UTF-8 source file..."

Jens