Re: [XHR] responseType "json"

On 2011-12-04 16:52, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:03:37 +0100, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi> wrote:
>> Does anyone actually transfer JSON as UTF-16?
>
> Note that you cannot transmit UTF-16 JSON from a page (sending text is
> UTF-8 only) so not being able to receive it either seems fine. I
> actually think that we should make "text" UTF-8-only too to enforce this
> symmetry.

I think you're confusing client abilities with server abilities. Just 
because XHR can't *send* Json as UTF-16 doesn't mean servers don't send 
it to clients.

It appears this needs more research.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Sunday, 4 December 2011 19:15:12 UTC