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

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Jack Jansen wrote:
> Having to register the error handler first and then finding it by name 
> smells like a very big hack to me. I understand the reasoning (that you 
> don't want to modify the API of a gazillion C routines to add an error 
> object argument) but it still seems like a hack....

Well, in that case, you would have to call the whole codec registry
a hack ;-)

I find having the callback available by an alias name very user
friendly, but YMMV. The main reason behind this way of doing it
is to maintain C API compatibility without adding a complete
new b/w compatiblity layer (Walter started out this way; see the
SF patch page).

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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