Char with code 65279 (BOM) in file read

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Is it correct for "new File(path).open('r').read()" get char with code 65279 
(BOM) at first position?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mr.ve...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2010 at 9:59

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Yes, it is. This character is present in file so it will be returned. Doing 
read()
will not ommit any bytes from the file.

Original comment by ondrej.zara on 11 Jan 2010 at 7:52

• Changed state: Invalid

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but if i specify utf8 as characters encoding? bytes must converts to "symbols" 
(without BOM), isn't it?

Original comment by mr.ve...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2010 at 8:07

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BOM is a valid unicode character.. it is just used as a signal to text editor 
(or any
other software) that the file itself is encoded in UTF-8 (one variant of 
Unicode data
serialization).
The absence/presence of BOM in a file is used at the application level. IO 
routines
just provide the (unchanged) content of files.

Original comment by ondrej.zara on 11 Jan 2010 at 1:03

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ok, I've got it

Original comment by mr.ve...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2010 at 9:39