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Re: Possible changes for XML 2nd Edition

• From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@g...>
• To: ",xml-dev@x..." <xml-dev@x...>
• Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 06:12:24 +0800

Steve Schafer wrote:
 
> Do there really exist library functions that purportedly read UTF-8
> yet accept FF on input? If so, what do they convert it to?

I think it has been the default behaviour of Java to swallow encoding
flaws without an error.  I think Netscape also did the same. I have used
applications which simply replace bogus characters with ASCII ? as well.

Rick Jelliffe

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