Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I agree that it is better to use directly the module implementing the codecs. But old third-party code still can use non-text codecs.
There should be good reasons for breaking backward compatibility. Wouldn't be better to deprecate codecs.open()? ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29783> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
