Detect binary files by checking first 256 code units for 0xFFFD

src/compiler/scanner.ts

@@ -1795,12 +1795,14 @@ export function createScanner(languageVersion: ScriptTarget, skipTrivia: boolean
 
             const ch = codePointAt(text, pos);
             if (pos === 0) {
-                // If a file wasn't valid text at all, it will usually be apparent at
-                // position 0 because UTF-8 decode will fail and produce U+FFFD.
+                // If a file isn't valid text at all, it will usually be apparent
+                // in the first few characters because UTF-8 decode will fail and produce U+FFFD.
                 // If that happens, just issue one error and refuse to try to scan further;
-                // this is likely a binary file that cannot be parsed
-                if (ch === CharacterCodes.replacementCharacter) {
-                    // Jump to the end of the file and fail.
+                // this is likely a binary file that cannot be parsed.
+                //
+                // It's safe to slice the text; U+FFFD can only be produced by an invalid decode,
+                // so even if we cut a surrogate pair in half, they wouldn't be U+FFFD.
+                if (text.slice(0, 256).includes("\uFFFD")) {
                     error(Diagnostics.File_appears_to_be_binary);
                     pos = end;
                     return token = SyntaxKind.NonTextFileMarkerTrivia;

src/compiler/types.ts

@@ -7531,9 +7531,6 @@ export const enum CharacterCodes {
     mathematicalSpace = 0x205F,
     ogham = 0x1680,
 
-    // Unicode replacement character produced when a byte sequence is invalid
-    replacementCharacter = 0xFFFD,
-
     _ = 0x5F,
     $ = 0x24,
 

tests/baselines/reference/TransportStream.errors.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+TransportStream.ts(1,1): error TS1490: File appears to be binary.
+
+
+==== TransportStream.ts (1 errors) ====
+    G@�G@�G@�
+
+!!! error TS1490: File appears to be binary.

tests/baselines/reference/TransportStream.js

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//// [tests/cases/compiler/TransportStream.ts] ////
+
+//// [TransportStream.ts]
+G@�G@�G@�
+
+//// [TransportStream.js]

tests/baselines/reference/TransportStream.symbols

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//// [tests/cases/compiler/TransportStream.ts] ////
+
+=== TransportStream.ts ===
+
+G@�G@�G@�

tests/baselines/reference/TransportStream.types

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//// [tests/cases/compiler/TransportStream.ts] ////
+
+=== TransportStream.ts ===
+
+G@�G@�G@�

tests/cases/compiler/TransportStream.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+G@�G@�G@�