[Python-Dev] PEP 293, Codec Error Handling Callbacks

[M.-A. Lemburg]

I'd like to put the following PEP up for pronouncement. Walter
is currently on vacation, but he asked me to already go ahead
with the process.

	http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0293.html

I like the patch a lot and the implementation strategy is very
interesting as well (just wish that classes were new types --
then things could run a tad faster and the patch would be
simpler).

The basic idea of the patch is to provide a way to elegantly
handle error situations in codecs which go beyond the standard
cases 'ignore', 'replace' and 'strict', e.g. to automagically
escape problem case, to log errors for later review or to
fetch additional information for the proper handling at coding
time (for example, fetching entity definitions from a URL).

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
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