[Python-3000] BOM handling

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Georg Brandl schrieb:
>>>>> b = (codecs.BOM_UTF8 + "hello").decode("utf-8")
>>>>> len(a)
>> 5
> 
> This behavior is questionable...

Indeed. Try

py> b = (codecs.BOM_UTF8 + "hello").decode("utf-8-sig")
py> len(b)
5

instead.

Regards,
Martin