[Python-Dev] PEP 383 update: utf8b is now the error handler (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu May 7 00:59:18 CEST 2009

Are you serious? Are you? ;-? You are the one naming a codec-agnostic error handler (if I understand correctly, and correct me if I do not) after a particular codec, and denying that that could cause confusion. See other message.

I can only repeat what I said before: I call it utf8b because that's the established name for the algorithm it implements.

That algorithm was originally designed with UTF-8 in mind (and only meant to be applied for UTF-8), however, it remains the same algorithm even though PEP 383 widens its application.

Regards, Martin

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