[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30001: U+FEFF at start of fields crash Chrome

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#30001: U+FEFF at start of fields crash Chrome
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 Reporter:  mikenolan     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mikenolan):

 Replying to [comment:3 miqrogroove]:
 > You should report your bug at
 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list
 >
 > Is there any reason to track this as a WordPress defect?

 I submitted a bug report in Chrome yesterday as well.

 While the crash may be caused by Chrome, maybe it's not a good idea for
 BOM characters to be allowed at the start of strings stored by WP?

 http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#bom6

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