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I think NTFS is UCS-2, that is why WTF-8 was invented https://simonsapin.github.io/wtf-8/ https://simonsapin.github.io/wtf-8/

• layer8 3y ago
  Surrogate pairs are interpreted by client software, so it’s UTF-16 in that sense. The file system just doesn’t ensure that there won’t be unpaired surrogates, or other noncharacters. This is similar to strings in .NET, Java, and JavaScript.
  • heinrich5991 3y ago
    Which unfortunately means you can't rely on it being UTF-16.
    • naniwaduni 3y ago
      Nor should you. Even a well-formed sequence of utf-16 codepoints can be utter nonsense; there's approximately no level of abstraction between "sequence of fixed-width code units" and "run it through a full-blown a font rendering stack" where it makes sense to assume your input is "well-formed".