[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-502255 ] leading '\xff\xfe' w/ s.encode('utf-16')

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Bugs item #502255, was opened at 2002-01-11 02:19
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Category: Unicode
Group: Python 2.1.1
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Niels Mache (nielsmache)
Assigned to: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Summary: leading '\xff\xfe' w/ s.encode('utf-16')

Initial Comment:
The UTF-16 encode method returns '\xff\xfe' at the start of the result string:

>>> s = ''
>>> s.encode('utf-16')
'\xff\xfe'



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>Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2002-01-11 02:42

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That's not a bug. Use 'utf-16-le' or 'utf-16-be' if you want to avoid the BOM mark.

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