[Python-Dev] XML codec?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> And what do you do once you've detected the encoding? You decode the
> input, so why not combine both into an XML decoder?

Because it is the XML parser that does the decoding, not the
application. Also, it is better to provide functionality in
a modular manner (i.e. encoding detection separately from
encodings), and leaving integration of modules to the application,
in particular if the integration is trivial.

Regards,
Martin