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title: Compile Options
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# Compile Options

Each of the compile methods has an `options` parameter which accepts an object with the following
members:

```javascript
{
    encoding: "UTF8",       // File encoding for compileFile* functions
    asyncTemplate: false,   // Whether to compile a sync or async template function
}
```

The values shown above are the default values used if not explicitly specified.

You can also pass a boolean value which will set the `asyncTemplate` option, or a string which
will set the `encoding` option.  eg:

```javascript
// compile an async template
moe.compile('...', true);                       

// compile a UTF16 template file
moe.compileFileSync("template.moe", "UTF16");

// compile an async UTF16 template file
moe.compileFileSync("template.moe", {
    encoding: "UTF16",
    asyncTemplate: true
});
```