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Bug 8922 - "Returns what might be the user agent's default character encoding" -- when might it not be? What are the caveats here?
Summary: "Returns what might be the user agent's default character encoding" -- when m...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-02-10 09:16 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:56 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-02-10 09:16:13 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#resource-metadata-management

Comment:
"Returns what might be the user agent's default character encoding" -- when
might it not be? What are the caveats here?

Posted from: 64.134.222.102
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-02-16 08:21:00 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below (tried to add explanation)
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-02-16 08:22:35 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r4747.
Check-in comment: Explain why .defaultCharset might return an unexpected value.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4746&to=4747