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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>>> 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).
> 
> Martin, I designed the whole Python codec machinery

Not true. PEP 293 was written and designed by Walter Dörwald.

> so even if
> this is not explicitly written down somewhere, you can take my
> word for it.

If the design was specified in writing somewhere, I would probably
challenge it as obsolete. If it isn't described anywhere, I'll have
to ignore it.

> I want to avoid any such confusion with Python codecs and don't
> understand why you are making a problem out of this.

Because utf8b (or, perhaps "UTF-8b") is the official name for this
algorithm:

http://hyperreal.org/~est/utf-8b/

Regards,
Martin