[Python-Dev] Python3UnicodeDecodeError (Was: Proposed Python 3.0 schedule)

2008-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
First of all, please read my document: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Python3UnicodeDecodeError I have problems understanding that document. Is it supposed to be a PEP (i.e. a proposal to enhance Python), or is it a description of the status quo? If it is a PEP, it should clearly separate status

Re: [Python-Dev] Python3UnicodeDecodeError

2008-10-07 Thread Fred Drake
On Oct 7, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: b) I would propose that the notion of a default encoding is entirely eliminated from Python, along with sys.(get|set)defaultencoding +1 -Fred -- Fred Drake fdrake at acm.org ___

Re: [Python-Dev] Python3UnicodeDecodeError

2008-10-07 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 2008-10-07 22:18, Fred Drake wrote: On Oct 7, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: b) I would propose that the notion of a default encoding is entirely eliminated from Python, along with sys.(get|set)defaultencoding +1 As already mentioned in my reply to Viktor: +1. It's not