- From: Phillips, Addison <addison@lab126.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 22:03:31 -0700
- To: Mykyta Yevstifeyev <evnikita2@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-iri@w3.org" <public-iri@w3.org>, "chris@lookout.net" <chris@lookout.net>
> > > > When found in the leading position, it's no different from any other non-ASCII > character. And it shouldn't be treated any differently. The BOM won't appear in > address bars unless someone purposely inserts it. IRIs don't appear at the start > of any common file types that I'm aware of, so BOM won't naturally occur like > this at the start of an IRI unless someone has put it there. > However, if somebody did put it at the beginning of the IRI?.. I think a way to > act on such hypothetical possibility should be provided. > Hypothetically, one could put U+202E (right-to-left override) first. Or U+2603 (snowman) first. BOM is about as harmful as the latter and less harmful than the former. Addison
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