bug#35766: emacs saves utf-16 le xml files as utf-16 be

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: J S <jszabo_98@hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 17:11:21 +0000
> 
> Xml files with this tag are saved as utf-16 be by emacs, even if the file was 
> originally utf-16 le.  Using
> "UTF-16LE" instead will break the encoding and remove the BOM.
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

Did you try using utf-16le-with-signature?

Or maybe I don't understand the scenario: would you please describe a
full reproduction recipe, starting from "emacs -Q"?

Thanks.