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v0.2.0

Aug 14, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func IconvGuessCommand(path string) string

type Action

+ const WarnUnknown

type Sniff

+ func (s Sniff) IsWarning() bool

v0.1.0

Jun 25, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func IconvCommand(enc Encoding, path string) string

+ type Action int

+ const StripBom

+ const UseAsIs

+ const Warn

+ type Encoding string

+ const EncUTF16BE

+ const EncUTF16LE

+ const EncUTF7

+ const EncUTF8

+ const EncUTF8BOM

+ type Sniff struct

+ Action Action

+ BomLen int

+ Encoding Encoding

+ Hint string

+ func SniffBytes(b []byte) Sniff

+ func SniffFile(path string) (Sniff, error)