[Tutor] Codec lookup, was Re: name shortening in a csv module output

[Jim Mooney]

>
> Hm, who the heck uses "u8"? I'd rather go with
>
> >>> encodings.aliases.aliases["steven_s_preferred_encoding"] = "utf_8"
> >>> "Hello".encode("--- Steven's preferred encoding ---")
> b'Hello'
>
> ;)
>

Peter Otten

> __
>

Or normalize almost any mistyping ;'):

>>> encodings.normalize_encoding('utf&&$%##8')
'utf_8'

-- 
Jim

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