On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote:
> IMO the extra characters aren't the most compelling argument for > latin1 over ascii. Latin1 gives the nice assurance that if some jerk > *does* give me an "ascii" file that somewhere has some byte with the > 8th bit set, then I can still load the data and fix things by hand. > Absolutely! py2's frequent barfing on the ascii encoding is really a pain. And if you aren't going tin enforce ascii, then better to be clear about what those extra bits mean. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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