Re: iconv output utf-8 -> utf-16, which one is wrong?

[Bruno Haible]

H. Peter Anvin writes:

> I would say this isn't really a good idea... a BOM isn't
> meaning-neutral, so if you're converting pieces of text and end up
> adding BOMs in the middle, you have changed the meaning.

Certainly, yes. The one who chooses to convert anything to UTF-16
should know about this; and this is why the RFC is explicit about it.
The RFC also says that you can avoid the BOM problem by using UTF-16LE
and UTF-16BE instead of UTF-16.

Bruno
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