Martin v. Löwis wrote: >>> Yes, an XML parser should be able to use UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, etc >>> codecs to do the encoding. There's no need to create a magical >>> mystery codec to pick out which though. >> So the code is good, if it is inside an XML parser, and it's bad if it >> is inside a codec? > > Exactly so. This functionality just *isn't* a codec - there is no > encoding. Instead, it is an algorithm for *detecting* an encoding.
And what do you do once you've detected the encoding? You decode the input, so why not combine both into an XML decoder? Servus, Walter _______________________________________________ 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