[Python-Dev] Mailbox module - timings and functionality changes
Antoine Pitrou
solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Jun 29 19:30:53 CEST 2010
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:52:28 -0400
"A.M. Kuchling" <amk at amk.ca> wrote:
>
> But should mailboxes really be opened in a UTF-8 encoding, or should
> they be treated as 7-bit text? I'll have to think about this.
I don't see how you can assume UTF-8 for mailbox files, given that each
message will have its particular encoding.
Besides, Steve's profile results show that you are not using UTF-8, but
rather the local encoding, which is cp1252 under his Windows setup.
Regards
Antoine.
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