> And what do you do once you've detected the encoding? You decode the > input, so why not combine both into an XML decoder?
Because it is the XML parser that does the decoding, not the application. Also, it is better to provide functionality in a modular manner (i.e. encoding detection separately from encodings), and leaving integration of modules to the application, in particular if the integration is trivial. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
