[Python-Dev] PEP 383: Non-decodable Bytes in System Character Interfaces

[Lino Mastrodomenico]

2009/4/22 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>:
> To convert non-decodable bytes, a new error handler "python-escape" is
> introduced, which decodes non-decodable bytes using into a private-use
> character U+F01xx, which is believed to not conflict with private-use
> characters that currently exist in Python codecs.

Why not use U+DCxx for non-UTF-8 encodings too?

Overall I like the PEP: I think it's the best proposal so far that
doesn't put an heavy burden on applications that only want to do
simple things with the API.

-- 
Lino Mastrodomenico