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vetinari on Jan 16, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: UTF-8 Everywhere

The idea is from ECMA 262, sections 2(conformance), 4.3.16 (String value), 6 (Source text), 8.4 (String type)... That's basically THE reason, why all js engines are UTF-16 internally.

angersock on Jan 16, 2014 [–]

We really ought to suggest that be changed in ES7.

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