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Bug 22009 - Ensure consistent handling of byte order marks
Summary: Ensure consistent handling of byte order marks
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: MIME (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Gordon P. Hemsley
QA Contact: sideshowbarker+mimespec
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Reported: 2013-05-11 14:04 UTC by Gordon P. Hemsley
Modified: 2019-03-30 19:50 UTC (History)
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Description Gordon P. Hemsley 2013-05-11 14:04:26 UTC 
Some parts of the spec don't handle BOMs properly, which could result in incorrect sniffing of a resource.

Also, BOMs should be used to indicate the value of a charset parameter, when applicable/possible.
Comment 1 Anne 2019-03-30 19:50:48 UTC 
As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm not convinced we should change much to the status quo.