Re: [xsl] 8bit ascii encoding

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

> But (and hopefully I'm not clouding the issue by saying this :-)
> don't forget that it's legal (but uncommon?) for UTF-8 encoded data
> to be prefaced by a UTF-8 encoded BOM.


> That is, a UTF-8 encoded entity MAY start with
> the three byte sequence 0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF.

I think that the utf-8 bom was a later addition to utf8 so as to
legalise the output of certain programs originating in Seatle wasn't it?
But yes, you are right.

David



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