René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"error for \"Windows-1252\" encoding for char \"\\u2013\"","articleBody":"### Version\n\n24.6.0,\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nWindows and Ubuntu \nx86-64\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\n_No response_\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\nHere is the testing code:\n\n```javascript\n  function decodeWindows1252(buffer) {\n    const decoder = new TextDecoder('windows-1252');\n    return decoder.decode(buffer);\n  }\n\n  console.log(\"icu version: \" + process.versions.icu);\n  let b = new Uint8Array(1)\n  b[0] = 150; // 150 in windows-1252 is unicode 2013\n  let u = decodeWindows1252(b);\n  console.log(\"Decoded Windows-1252:\", u);\n  console.log(\"Encoded Windows-1252:\", u.charCodeAt(0).toString(16));\n\n```\n\n\n\nHere is the correct output in nodejs v22.12.0\n```\nicu version: 76.1\nDecoded Windows-1252: –\nEncoded Windows-1252: 2013\n```\n\n\nHere is the wrong output for nodejs v24.6.0:\n```\nicu version: 77.1\nDecoded Windows-1252:\nEncoded Windows-1252: 96\n```\n\n\nI tested all the v20, v22 and v23 and v24 versions, some of them are correct, while ther others are wrong.\n\n`v20.0.0 - v20.18.2` :  correct\n`v20.18.3 - v20.19.4` :  wrong\n\n\n`v22.0.0 - v22.12.0` :  correct\n`v22.13.0 - v22.18.0` :  wrong\n\n\n`v23.0.0 - v23.13.0` :  correct\n`v23.4.0 - v23.11.1` :  wrong\n\n\n`v24.0.0 - v24.6.0` :  wrong\n\n\n\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\n100% reproduce.\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nthe correct above.\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\nNA\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/neilpang","@type":"Person","name":"neilpang"},"datePublished":"2025-08-18T08:19:21.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/59515/node/issues/59515"}