XML has utf-16 fails to parse about sublimetext_indentxml HOT 3 OPEN

class IndentXmlCommand(BaseIndentCommand):
    def indent(self, s):                
        # convert to utf
        s = s.encode("utf-8") 
        xmlheader = re.compile(b"<\?.*\?>").match(s)
        # fix: replace header 
        if xmlheader:
            s = s.replace(xmlheader.group(), '<?xml version="1.0"?>')
        # convert to plain string without indents and spaces
        s = re.compile(b'>\s+([^\s])', re.DOTALL).sub(b'>\g<1>', s)
        # replace tags to convince minidom process cdata as text
        s = s.replace(b'<![CDATA[', b'%CDATAESTART%').replace(b']]>', b'%CDATAEEND%') 
        try:
            s = parseString(s).toprettyxml()
        except Exception as e:
            sublime.active_window().run_command("show_panel", {"panel": "console", "toggle": True})
            raise e
        # remove line breaks
        s = re.compile('>\n\s+([^<>\s].*?)\n\s+</', re.DOTALL).sub('>\g<1></', s)
        # restore cdata
        s = s.replace('%CDATAESTART%', '<![CDATA[').replace('%CDATAEEND%', ']]>')
        # remove xml header
        s = s.replace("<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>", "").strip()
        if xmlheader: 
            s = xmlheader.group().decode("utf-8") + "\n" + s 
        return s