[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

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[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

STINNER Victor added the comment: Since the codec has only been asked once, 5 years ago, I consider that there is not enough interested to put yet another encoding. Python already supports a lot of encodings. It's easy to use your custom codec without having to modify Python, just register it

[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

Mark Lawrence added the comment: @jwishnie can you provide a patch for this, as without it the issue goes nowhere? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

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[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

Éric Araujo added the comment: Are there many GSM libraries or applications out there? If not, maybe the codec is best left in your lib, since it wouldn’t be useful for a wide range of uses. Note also that 2.7 is frozen, so substitute “py3k branch” for “trunk” in Antoine’s previous comment.

[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- components: +Library (Lib) priority: -> normal stage: -> needs patch versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2 -Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: You should provide your code as a patch against the Python trunk. Also, unit tests should probably be part of Lib/test/test_codecs.py. -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker _

[issue6320] Standard string encodings should include GSM0.38

New submission from jwishnie : The standard string codecs for converting from unicode to strs does not include the GSM 0.38 char mapping used by GSM services (like SMS). I've written a codec for my use based on 'char_mapper' and the skeleton from gencodec.py, though it's a little complicated b