[issue8438] Codecs: "surrogateescape" error handler in Python 2.7

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> Any new features in 2.7 require approval from the release manager now.

Not only, but they also need someone to provide a patch :)
Removing any surrogateescape use from the io module would be comparatively much easier.

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