[Python-Dev] iconv codec (original) (raw)

Martin v. L�wis martin@v.loewis.de
31 Mar 2003 23:41:50 +0200

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

Assuming the NG label means this is a completely new implementation, I propose we drop the current iconv implementation immediately and consider the NG version as we would consider any newly contributed module at this point in time (i.e. at most two weeks before the first beta of 2.3 is released).

Ok. Given the reported problems with the iconv module, and the prospect of getting a complete rewrite, I'll back out the current code.

This is quite sad, IMO, as the code is useful for the platforms on which it works, and this is the majority of the installations on which it is currently built.

Regards, Martin