On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:43:02 +0200 Simon Cross <hodgestar+python...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > > Simon Cross wrote: > >> > >> I think I'm -1 on a "locale" encoding because it refers to different > >> actual encodings depending on where and when it's run, which seems > >> surprising > > > > > > Why is it surprising? Surely that's the whole point of a locale encoding: to > > use the locale encoding, whatever that happens to be at the time. > > I think there's a general expectation that if you encode something > with one codec you will be able to decode it with the same codec. > That's not necessarily true for the locale encoding. As And pointed out, this is already the behaviour of the "mbcs" codec under Windows. "locale" would be the moral (*) equivalent of that under Unix. (*) or perhaps immoral :-) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
