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What is UTF-8Y enconding?


I found this encoding in the configuration of a text editor. What does UTF-8Y mean and how it is different from UTF-8?

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Solution

  • UTF-8Y is UTF-8 including the optional byte-order-mark. As far as I remember the Y stands for "Yes".