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

Baptiste Carvello baptiste13z at free.fr
Wed Apr 29 09:38:38 CEST 2009


Glenn Linderman a écrit :
> 
> 3. When an undecodable byte 0xPQ is found, decode to the escape 
> codepoint, followed by codepoint U+01PQ, where P and Q are hex digits.
> 

The problem with this strategy is: paths are often sliced, so your 2 codepoints 
could get separated. The good thing with the PEP's strategy is that 1 character 
stays 1 character.

Baptiste



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