On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Patrick Rutkowski <rutsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find it disgusting that the doc section for NSXMLParser initWithData takes > binary data, but doesn't tell you which encoding it's supposed to be? > > Link: > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/reference/foundation/Classes/NSXMLParser_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSXMLParser/initWithData: > > I'm still pretty new to XML though, does the encoding always have to be > UTF-8, or perhaps always UTF-16?
You find it "disgusting," yet you admit you're new? Perhaps a milder tone is warranted here? > Either way, which encoding does initWithData expect to get? Does it perhaps > detect which encoding is being used, based on the data you give it? Please read the relevant section of the XML spec, keeping in mind that it is non-normative: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-guessing --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
