Michael Snoyman <michael at snoyman.com> writes: > I don't think *anyone* is asserting that UTF-16 is a common encoding > for files anywhere, *ahem* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16/UCS-2#Use_in_major_operating_systems_and_environments -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic at gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com