[I18n-sig] Pre-PEP: Proposed Python Character Model

Uche Ogbuji uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com
Wed, 07 Feb 2001 20:22:12 -0700


> Hooper Brian wrote:
> > ...
> > What about adding an
> > optional encoding argument to the existing open(),
> > allowing encoding to be passed to that, and using 'raw' as
> > the default format (what it does now)?
> 
> This is what codecs.open() already provides.

I think this should be codecs.fopen() to avoid any confusion.


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