[Python-3000] Pre-PEP: Easy Text File Decoding

[Paul Prescod]

I went based on the current setdefaultencoding. But it seems that we will
accumulate 3 or 4 related functions so I'm pursuaded that there should be a
module.

encodingdetection.setdefaultfileencoding
encodingdetection.registerencodingdetector
encodingdetection.guessfileencoding(filename)
encodingdetection.guessfileencoding(bytestream)

Suggestion accepted.

On 9/10/06, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>
>
> > The Site Decoding Hook
> > ========================
> >
> > The "sys" module could have a function called
> > "setdefaultfileencoding". The encoding specified could be a true
> > encoding name or one of the encoding detection scheme names ( e.g.
> > "guess" or "XML").
>
> Isn't it more intuitive to gather functions based on what their
> high-level purpose is ("text" or "textfile") than implementation details
> of where the information comes from ("sys", "locale") ?
>
> That function could be "textfile.set_default_encoding" (with
> underscores), or even "text.textfile.set_default_encoding" (if all this
> resides in a "text" module).
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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