[bug-gnu-libiconv] [bug #55609] Add support for BOM exceptions as indicated in RFC 2781 section 3.3

[Jason Pyeron]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #55609 (project libiconv):

Yes, we understand that. 

How does iconv produce _unlabeled_ UTF-16 in Little Endian format?

Per the RFC:


   An exception to the "SHOULD" rule of using "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE"
   would occur with document formats that mandate a BOM in UTF-16 text,
   thereby requiring the use of the "UTF-16" tag only.


This is the exact case where iconv is needed to produce Little Endian, with
BOM. None of the UTF-16, UTF-16BE, and UTF-16LE do just that.

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