[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > David> Is there some sort of text encoding detection module is the > David> standard library? And, if not, is there any reason not to add > David> one? > > No, there's not. I suspect the fact that you can't correctly determine the > encoding of a chunk of text 100% of the time mitigates against it. >
The only approach I know of is a heuristic based approach. e.g. http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/guessing_encoding.shtml (Which was 'borrowed' from docutils in the first place.) Michael Foord > Skip > _______________________________________________ > 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/fuzzyman%40voidspace.org.uk > _______________________________________________ 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
