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Re: [Json] BOMs (Was: Re: JSON: remove gap between Ecma-404 and IETF draft)

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Mon, 18 November 2013 16:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] BOMs (Was: Re: JSON: remove gap between Ecma-404 and IETF draft)
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On 2013-11-18 17:08, Pete Cordell wrote:
> ----- Original Message From: "Tim Bray" <tbray@textuality.com>
>> This feels backward, because BOMs are actually useful for UTF-16 and
>> UTF-32, but essentially useless for UTF-8.
>
> Not useless if you're trying to tell the difference between a hand
> editted Windows cp-1252 (or whatever it's called) encoded text file and
> a UTF-8 encoded text file.

Ye.

> I don't think we need them for any other reason, but I think some
> international Windows users would be thankful if you allowed them for
> that case.

So I gather "non-international Windows" users never need non-ASCII 
characters? :-) (Yes, that explains lots of I18N brokenness originating 
from certain countries...)

Best regards, Julian

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