[Python-Dev] PEP 383 update: utf8b is now the error handler

[Terry Reedy]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> On 2009-05-03 19:39, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> If the error handler is supposed to be used for codecs other than utf-8,
>>> perhaps it should renamed something more generic, e.g. "surrogate-escape"?
>> Perhaps. However, utf-8b doesn't really have to do anything with utf-8 -
>> it's an algorithm based on 16-bit or 32-bit code points.
> 
> If the error handler doesn't have anything to do with UTF-8, then why
> do you use "utf8" in the name.
> 
> Please use a more descriptive name for the handler which does not cause
> confusion with a existing codec.

Having already been confused, I agree.