TextDecoder: ignoreBOM property

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The ignoreBOM read-only property of the TextDecoder interface is a Boolean indicating whether the byte order mark will be included in the output or skipped over.

Value

true if the byte order mark will be included in the decoded text; false if it will be skipped over when decoding and omitted.

Specifications

Specification
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# ref-for-dom-textdecoder-ignorebom①

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