[Python-Dev] PEP 383 update: utf8b is now the error handler
MRAB
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Thu May 7 01:06:24 CEST 2009
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/?
>
After having read about the existing error handler called "surrogates"
and having thought about it, I've decided that calling one just
"surrogates" isn't very helpful to the user; it has something to do with
surrogates, but what?
So +1 for Antoine's suggestion from me.
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