[html5] r3413 - [] (0) UTF-16 is LE on the web, not BE, according to IE.

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Author: ianh
Date: 2009-07-14 21:25:20 -0700 (Tue, 14 Jul 2009)
New Revision: 3413

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[] (0) UTF-16 is LE on the web, not BE, according to IE.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-07-15 03:27:21 UTC (rev 3412)
+++ index	2009-07-15 04:25:20 UTC (rev 3413)
@@ -5048,6 +5048,13 @@
   violation</a> of the W3C Character Model specification, motivated
   by a desire for compatibility with legacy content. <a href=#refsCHARMOD>[CHARMOD]</a></p>
 
+  <p>When a user agent is to use the UTF-16 encoding but no BOM has
+  been found, user agents must default to UTF-16LE.</p>
+
+  <p class=note>The requirement to default UTF-16 to LE rather than
+  BE is a <a href=#willful-violation>willful violation</a> of RFC 2781, motivated by a
+  desire for compatibility with legacy content. <a href=#refsCHARMOD>[CHARMOD]</a></p>
+
   <hr><p>User agents must not support the CESU-8, UTF-7, BOCU-1 and SCSU
   encodings. <a href=#refsCESU8>[CESU8]</a> <a href=#refsUTF7>[UTF7]</a> <a href=#refsBOCU1>[BOCU1]</a> <a href=#refsSCSU>[SCSU]</a></p>
 

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-07-15 03:27:21 UTC (rev 3412)
+++ source	2009-07-15 04:25:20 UTC (rev 3413)
@@ -4748,6 +4748,14 @@
   by a desire for compatibility with legacy content. <a
   href="#refsCHARMOD">[CHARMOD]</a></p>
 
+  <p>When a user agent is to use the UTF-16 encoding but no BOM has
+  been found, user agents must default to UTF-16LE.</p>
+
+  <p class="note">The requirement to default UTF-16 to LE rather than
+  BE is a <span>willful violation</span> of RFC 2781, motivated by a
+  desire for compatibility with legacy content. <a
+  href="#refsCHARMOD">[CHARMOD]</a></p>
+
   <hr>
 
   <p>User agents must not support the CESU-8, UTF-7, BOCU-1 and SCSU