On 2009-05-03 19:39, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> If the error handler is supposed to be used for codecs other than utf-8,
>> perhaps it should renamed something more generic, e.g. "surrogate-escape"?
> 
> Perhaps. However, utf-8b doesn't really have to do anything with utf-8 -
> it's an algorithm based on 16-bit or 32-bit code points.

If the error handler doesn't have anything to do with UTF-8, then why
do you use "utf8" in the name.

Please use a more descriptive name for the handler which does not cause
confusion with a existing codec.

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