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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:
>> Despite there being also an error handler called "surrogates".
> 
> People, perhaps we could end all the bikeshedding and call one of those handlers
> "surrogates-pass" and the other "surrogates-escape", which sounds quite faithful
> to what they actually /do/?

The problem with these bike-shedding discussions is that you cannot stop
them with a proposal. People will counter-propose.

I would be willing to accept a ruling from someone who a) is a native
speaker of English, and b) has demonstrated to fully understand what
these do, and c) has understood why I insist on calling it utf8b.

Regards,
Martin