[Python-ideas] Fix default encodings on Windows

[Brendan Barnwell]

On 2016-08-16 08:56, Steve Dower wrote:
> I just want to clearly address two points, since I feel like multiple
> posts have been unclear on them.
>
> 1. The bytes API was deprecated in 3.3 and it is listed in
> https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.3.html. Lack of mention in the docs
> is an unfortunate oversight, but it was certainly announced and the
> warning has been there for three released versions. We can freely change
> or remove the support now, IMHO.

	I strongly disagree with that.  If using the code does not raise a 
visible warning (because DeprecationWarning is silent by default), and 
the documentation does not say it's deprecated, it hasn't actually been 
deprecated.  Deprecation is the communicative act of saying "don't do 
this anymore".  If that information is not communicated in the 
appropriate places (e.g., the docs), the deprecation has not occurred.

-- 
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go, instead, where there is no 
path, and leave a trail."
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