TextDecoder: fatal property
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The fatal read-only property of the TextDecoder interface is a Boolean indicating whether the error mode is fatal.
If the property is true, then a decoder will throw a TypeError if it encounters malformed data while decoding.
If false, the decoder will substitute the invalid data with the replacement character U+FFFD (�).
The value of the property is set in the TextDecoder() constructor.
Value
A boolean which will be true if the error mode is set to fatal.
Otherwise, it will be false, indicating that the error mode is replacement.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Encoding Standard # ref-for-dom-textdecoder-fatal① |
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