<p dir="auto"><strong>Steps to reproduce and a minimal demo of the problem</strong></p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="http://plnkr.co/edit/SYzr0x2nwrVfxHfhA5fB" rel="nofollow">http://plnkr.co/edit/SYzr0x2nwrVfxHfhA5fB</a></p>
<p dir="auto"><em>What steps should we try in your demo to see the problem?</em><br>
Just load it. Something in the line of</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="Template parse errors:
Lexer Error: Unexpected character [Á] at column 3 in expression [nonÁscii] (&quot;&lt;h1&gt;My First Angular 2 App&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;[ERROR -&gt;]Utf8: {{nonÁscii}}&quot;): AppComponent@0:34"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">Template parse errors:
Lexer Error: Unexpected character [Á] at column 3 in expression [nonÁscii] ("&lt;h1&gt;My First Angular 2 App&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;[ERROR -&gt;]Utf8: {{nonÁscii}}"): AppComponent@0:34
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">will appear in the console.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Current behavior</strong><br>
Non-ascii characters are not allowed in the template.<br>
Lexer will fail with an error.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Expected/desired behavior</strong><br>
To be able to use non-asc characters in interpolated code. For instance to access non-ascii members in json data.</p>
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<li>*<em>I'm submitting a ... *</em><br>
[x ] bug report</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">I have a datamodel where Danish characters are used e.g. 'ø'. This works fine in my components. When I try to bind to a model entity which contains a Danish character, I get an error though.</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="Lexer Error: Unexpected character [Ø] at column 7 in expression [testVarØ] (&quot;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;h2&gt;Hello {{name}}&lt;/h2&gt;
      &lt;input [ERROR -&gt;][(ngModel)]=&quot;testVarØ&quot; type=&quot;text&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  &quot;): App@3:13
Lexer Error: Unexpected character [Ø] at column 7 in expression [testVarØ=$event] (&quot;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;h2&gt;Hello {{name}}&lt;/h2&gt;
      &lt;input [ERROR -&gt;][(ngModel)]=&quot;testVarØ&quot; type=&quot;text&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  &quot;): App@3:13
    at new BaseException (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:7385:21)
    at TemplateParser.parse (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:24039:15)
    at https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:24744:54
    at Zone.run (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:1243:24)
    at Zone.run (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:13456:32)
    at zoneBoundFn (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:1220:26)
    at lib$es6$promise$$internal$$tryCatch (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:468:17)
    at lib$es6$promise$$internal$$invokeCallback (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:480:18)
    at lib$es6$promise$$internal$$publish (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:451:12)
    at https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:123:10"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">Lexer Error: Unexpected character [Ø] at column 7 in expression [testVarØ] ("
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;h2&gt;Hello {{name}}&lt;/h2&gt;
      &lt;input [ERROR -&gt;][(ngModel)]="testVarØ" type="text"/&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  "): App@3:13
Lexer Error: Unexpected character [Ø] at column 7 in expression [testVarØ=$event] ("
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;h2&gt;Hello {{name}}&lt;/h2&gt;
      &lt;input [ERROR -&gt;][(ngModel)]="testVarØ" type="text"/&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  "): App@3:13
    at new BaseException (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:7385:21)
    at TemplateParser.parse (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:24039:15)
    at https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:24744:54
    at Zone.run (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:1243:24)
    at Zone.run (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2.dev.js:13456:32)
    at zoneBoundFn (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:1220:26)
    at lib$es6$promise$$internal$$tryCatch (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:468:17)
    at lib$es6$promise$$internal$$invokeCallback (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:480:18)
    at lib$es6$promise$$internal$$publish (https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:451:12)
    at https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-beta.8/angular2-polyfills.js:123:10
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">I have reproduced the problem here:<br>
<a href="http://plnkr.co/edit/KEC0GQFYuotdnhP3XxAV?p=info" rel="nofollow">http://plnkr.co/edit/KEC0GQFYuotdnhP3XxAV?p=info</a></p>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Angular version: 2.0.0-beta.8</li>
<li>Browser: [all ]</li>
<li>Language: [all]</li>
</ul>