Encodings and XML Parsers

XML::LibXML 1.69
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Desired Fail = OK Parse error: :3: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0x82 0x85 0x3F 0x3F
UTF-8	[none]	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Desired Pass = OK

XML::Bare 0.43
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Undesired Pass = ERR
UTF-8	[none]	No	Undesired Fail = ERR Match error: got= "abcd\302\202\302\205\342\231\240\342\231\241\342\231\242\342\231\243" expect="abcd\x{82}\x{85}\x{2660}\x{2661}\x{2662}\x{2663}"
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Match error: got= "abcd\302\202\302\205\342\231\240\342\231\241\342\231\242\342\231\243" expect="abcd\x{82}\x{85}\x{2660}\x{2661}\x{2662}\x{2663}"
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Undesired Fail = ERR Match error: got= "abcd\302\202\302\205\342\231\240\342\231\241\342\231\242\342\231\243" expect="abcd\x{82}\x{85}\x{2660}\x{2661}\x{2662}\x{2663}"
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Bad tree

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Match error: got= "abcd\302\202\302\205\342\231\240\342\231\241\342\231\242\342\231\243" expect="abcd\x{82}\x{85}\x{2660}\x{2661}\x{2662}\x{2663}"
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Bad tree
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Bad tree

XML::Parser 2.34 (via XML::Simple 2.18)
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Desired Fail = OK Parse error: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 3, column 13, byte 43 at /usr/lib/perl5/XML/Parser.pm line 187
UTF-8	[none]	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Desired Pass = OK

XML::LibXML::SAX 1.69 (via XML::Simple 2.18)
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Desired Fail = OK Parse error: Entity: line 3: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0x82 0x85 0x3F 0x3F
UTF-8	[none]	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Desired Pass = OK

XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser 1.69 (via XML::Simple 2.18)
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Desired Fail = OK Parse error: :3: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0x82 0x85 0x3F 0x3F
UTF-8	[none]	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Desired Pass = OK

XML::SAX::ExpatXS 1.31 (via XML::Simple 2.18)
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Desired Fail = OK Parse error: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 3, column 14, byte 43 at /home/eric/lib/perl5/XML/Simple.pm line 370
UTF-8	[none]	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Desired Pass = OK

XML::SAX::PurePerl 0.96 (via XML::Simple 2.18)
Encoding Used	Encoding Specified	Used BOM	Result
iso-8859-1	[none]	No	Undesired Pass = ERR
UTF-8	[none]	No	Undesired Fail = ERR Match error: got= "abcd\302\202\302\205\342\231\240\342\231\241\342\231\242\342\231\243" expect="abcd\x{82}\x{85}\x{2660}\x{2661}\x{2662}\x{2663}"
UTF-16be	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	No	Unexpected Pass = OK

UTF-8	[none]	Yes	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK
UTF-16le	[none]	Yes	Unexpected Pass = OK

iso-8859-1	iso-8859-1	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-8	UTF-8	No	Desired Pass = OK
UTF-16be	UTF-16	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16le	UTF-16	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	No	Acceptable Fail = OK Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.

UTF-8	UTF-8	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Cannot decode string with wide characters at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16be	UTF-16	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16le	UTF-16	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16be	UTF-16be	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.
UTF-16le	UTF-16le	Yes	Undesired Fail = ERR Parse error: Wide character in subroutine entry at /home/eric/lib/perl5/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/Encode.pm line 174.