{"version":"2.1.292","anchor":"bom-stripping-no-longer-json-parses","canonical_anchor":"bom-stripping-no-longer-json-parses","heading":"A text cleanup step no longer tries to read the text as JSON","tier":"internal","area":"Internal Helpers","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292\/e\/bom-stripping-no-longer-json-parses","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292","markdown":"### A text cleanup step no longer tries to read the text as JSON\n\nA helper that removes a byte order mark from the start of text now just returns the text and no longer parses it as JSON\n\n**What**\n\nA byte order mark is an invisible character some programs put at the start of a text file. A helper that removes it used to go on to read the result as JSON (a structured data format) and give back nothing if that failed. It now only removes the mark and gives back the plain text.\n\n**Why**\n\nWhatever uses this helper now gets the raw text, not parsed data.\n\n- Area: Internal Helpers\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}