Charset detection not default as utf-8
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Description
https://github.com/tomas/needle/issues/170
Basically a clone of this issue
https://www.w3.org/TR/encoding/ looks like utf-8 is now default?
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked Needle issue and the W3C Encoding specification, then locate Needle's charset-detection handling. Done means confirming that responses without an explicit charset use UTF-8 by default and adding coverage for that behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100