Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes: > > > Sorry but this is missing the point. The point here is to improve the open() > > function. I'm sure people who know about encodings are able to install the > > chardet library or even whip up their own BOM detection routine... > > How does the requirement that it be implemented as a codec miss the > point?
If we want it to be the default, it must be able to fallback on the current locale-based algorithm if no BOM is found. I don't think it would be easy for a codec to do that. > FWIW, I agree with Walter that if it is provided through the encoding= > argument, it should be a codec. If it is built into the open function > (for whatever reason), it must be provided by some other parameter. Why not simply encoding=None? The default value should provide the most useful behaviour possible. Forcing users to choose between two different autodetection strategies (encoding=None and another one) is a little insane IMO. 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
