[XML-SIG] Finding _xmlplus in Python 2.3a2

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Martin v. L=F6wis wrote:

Welcome bak, Martin :-) Hope you had a nice holiday !

>>> 2. A module can install additional codecs, causing changes in
>>>   behaviour to unicode_string.encode(), and codecs.lookup().
 >>
>> Additional codecs is the key thing here. Can existing codecs get=20
>> overridden?
>=20
> This is underspecified, and undocumented, but I believe you can, atleas=
t=20
> by modifying the codecs aliases.

It is undocumented on purpose: you are not supposed to override
existing codecs; you are also not supposed to hack the encodings'
package aliase table. Instead you are advised to come up with
a new name, e.g. by placing the codecs into a special package,
and registering your own search function if you want to provide
aliases for the codec.

BTW, hacking aliases is not guaranteed to always work: the codec
registry uses an internal cache which it consults *before* querying
the codec search functions. You would have to hack the aliases table
prior to first usage of the codec to be successful.

--=20
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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