Re: utf-16le vs utf-16-le

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
>> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:10:07 +0200
>> 
>> How does recode-region work with encodings having a BOM?  Probably the
>> problem is not dissimilar to working with shift encodings.  Still I have
>> a hard time to picture either.
>
> I'm not following: what exactly puzzles you in this, and why
> recode-region is an issue?

Because it is not clear whether it should add or remove BOM marks (like
visiting a file would).  I've gone into more detail in a different mail
to the list I think, so it might make sense replying there.

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