Unicode blues in C++ and similar languages (after copying from web pages, Skype chat, etc.)—”error: stray \342″
The short version: Compiler errors of the type “error: stray \342” are not mysterious at all. They can easily be analysed directly, without any guesswork required whatsoever. Triplets or doublets of errors, starting with 342 (octal) or 302 (octal), are …