Is it possible to insert the character 0x8 (backspace) into the code?

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pdx2011-02-09 16:19:52

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pdx, 2011-02-09 16:19:52

Today I lost half a day figuring out the error why the rule in the CSS file does not work.
It turned out that before this rule (after a couple of tabs even line breaks) there was an invisible (with the "Show invisible characters" option of the editor turned off) the backspace character (ASCII 0x08).
How is it even possible to insert this symbol into the code unintentionally?
Has anyone had such cases?

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Alexey Zhurbitsky, 2011-02-09
@blo

alt+08
what kind of editor?

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whitequark, 2011-02-09
@whitequark

Alt codes . Alt+08 should work.

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gro, 2011-02-10
@gro

And what comes from it? Does he overwrite the code or something? O_o

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Denis Radchenko, 2011-02-09
@den_rad

Can be written with a hex editor

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YasonBy, 2011-02-09
@YasonBy

I am completely unfamiliar with Macs, so sorry if I blurt out something stupid.
Doesn't this character appear when ^H is pressed?
Could this be a side effect of some hack like this ?

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Evgeny Elizarov, 2011-02-10
@KorP

but I remember on macbooks this happens by pressing alt (opt) + key? maybe accidentally clicked?