Re: [Json] Encoding detection (Was: Re: JSON: remove gap between Ecma-404 and IETF draft)

* Matt Miller (mamille2) wrote:
>There does seem to be rough consensus that using an encoding other than 
>UTF-8 can have interoperability issues.  The also seems to be rough 
>consensus that the current text and table in section 8.1 for detecting 
>the encoding will be inaccurate (and potentially harmful).
>
>That appears to mean the approach with the most consensus is to remove
>the encoding detection entirely, leaving only:
>
>""""
>   JSON text SHALL be encoded in Unicode.  The default encoding is
>   UTF-8.
>""""

Neither of the quoted statements mean anything as far as I can tell.
The encoding detection rules are a vital part of the specification and
cannot be removed without replacement. I am not aware of any argument
that the text "will be" inaccurate or harmful.
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