This looks like a compounded error. First, Json should never have a BOM encoded within it. Second, it seems like the Go Json decoder doesn't account for the BOM if it is mistakenly encoded. Both are mentioned in the Json RFC: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159#section-8.1
On Friday, 23 September 2016 12:37:56 UTC+1, Mark Richman wrote: > > I have a JSON file which begins with the UTF-8 byte-order marker (BOM) > 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF. > > This causes Decode() to fail with SyntaxError: > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
