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

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed May 6 09:31:00 CEST 2009


> The name "utf8b" suggested in the PEP is not in line with the codec
> design

Where is that design documented, and how exactly violates the name
the design (chapter and verse, please).

> Error handlers and codecs are two different things, so the namespaces
> need to be clearly separate.

They *are* separate naemspaces; that's guaranteed by the implementation.

Regards,
Martin


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