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

[Glenn Linderman]

On approximately 5/6/2009 6:06 PM, came the following characters from 
the keyboard of M.-A. Lemburg:

> Martin, please stop being silly and just change the name.


Yes, please.  If indeed Marc-Andre invented the codec business as he 
claims, he would be an appropriate person to give a fiat name to the 
error handler.


> Or drop the idea of using an error handler altogether and just let
> people use the utf-8b codec you referenced above to solve their
> problems whereever and if needed.


The design as an error handler is clever in leveraging the same error 
handler for multiple codecs, which cannot be done by using utf-8b alone, 
if I understand correctly.


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Glenn -- http://nevcal.com/
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