Christian Heimes schrieb: > David Wolever schrieb: >> Is there some sort of text encoding detection module is the standard >> library? >> And, if not, is there any reason not to add one? > > You cannot detect the encoding unless it's explicitly defined through a > header (e.g. the UTF BOM). It's technically impossible. The best you can > do is an educated guess.
Exactly, and in light of that, I'm -1 for such a standard module. We've enough issues with modules implementing (apparently) fully specified standards. :) Georg _______________________________________________ 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