Re: [xsl] invalid character (Unicode: 0xa0) in xsl document - LONG

Subject: Re: [xsl] invalid character (Unicode: 0xa0) in xsl document - LONG
From: Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 01:31:04 -0600 (MDT)
Joshua Allen wrote:
> This is correct -- 0xA0 cannot appear as the first byte of a UTF-8
> sequence [1].

True.

>  This character could easily appear as the second byte of
> a two-byte sequence,

True.

> and I could also see the error appearing IF you receive a UTF-8 file 
> that does not have a BOM, and is in a different byte-order than your 
> system expects

False. BOMs and endianness are irrelevant in UTF-8.
See http://www.unicode.org/unicode/faq/utf_bom.html#3

   - Mike
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