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Fix typo.

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Walter Dörwald 2007-09-01 18:34:05 +00:00
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@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ Without external information it's impossible to reliably determine which
encoding was used for encoding a Unicode string. Each charmap encoding can encoding was used for encoding a Unicode string. Each charmap encoding can
decode any random byte sequence. However that's not possible with UTF-8, as decode any random byte sequence. However that's not possible with UTF-8, as
UTF-8 byte sequences have a structure that doesn't allow arbitrary byte UTF-8 byte sequences have a structure that doesn't allow arbitrary byte
sequence. To increase the reliability with which a UTF-8 encoding can be sequences. To increase the reliability with which a UTF-8 encoding can be
detected, Microsoft invented a variant of UTF-8 (that Python 2.5 calls detected, Microsoft invented a variant of UTF-8 (that Python 2.5 calls
``"utf-8-sig"``) for its Notepad program: Before any of the Unicode characters ``"utf-8-sig"``) for its Notepad program: Before any of the Unicode characters
is written to the file, a UTF-8 encoded BOM (which looks like this as a byte is written to the file, a UTF-8 encoded BOM (which looks like this as a byte