[Python-Dev] PEP 383 update: utf8b is now the error handler (original) (raw)
"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun May 3 22:27:59 CEST 2009
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> If the error handler is supposed to be used for codecs other than utf-8, > perhaps it should renamed something more generic, e.g. "surrogate-escape"?
Perhaps. However, utf-8b doesn't really have to do anything with utf-8 - it's an algorithm based on 16-bit or 32-bit code points.
To me that lack of relationship with utf8 suggests that it should not be called utf8b
Perhaps. However, giving it that name was Markus Kuhn's choice - and while it may be confusing, it's (IMO) useful to be consistent with this background.
Regards, Martin
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