Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Thanks mike, that made it clear that this problem is over my
>> head. I am not sure if this is a bug or not.  I am sending this on
>> Emacs devel where I am sure there a people who understand this better
>> than me.
> 
> The file uses non-ascii chars without specifying which encoding is used,
> so the result depends on the user's environment.

Thanks Stefan.

Mike, could you please try the attached file where I believe I have 
specified the coding correctly?

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Would it be good to specify coding systems in all elisp files?