In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony Nelson wrote:
>
> > I'd like to have a fast way to validate large amounts of string data as
> > being UTF-8.
>
> define "validate".
All data conforms to the UTF-8 encoding format. I can stand if someone
has mad
I have done this using a sytem call to the program "recode". Recode a
file UTF-8 and do a diff on the original and recoded files. Not an
elegant solution but did seem to function properly.
Take care,
Waitman Gobble
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
david mugnai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:58:50 +, Tony Nelson wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Is there a general way to call GLib functions?
>
> ctypes?
> http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/
Umm. Might be easier to write an exte
Tony Nelson wrote:
> I'd like to have a fast way to validate large amounts of string data as
> being UTF-8.
>
> I don't see a fast way to do it in Python, though:
>
> unicode(s,'utf-8').encode('utf-8)
>
> seems to notice at least some of the time (the unicode() part works but
> the encode(
Tony Nelson wrote:
> I'd like to have a fast way to validate large amounts of string data as
> being UTF-8.
define "validate".
> I don't see a fast way to do it in Python, though:
>
> unicode(s,'utf-8').encode('utf-8)
if "validate" means "make sure the byte stream doesn't use invalid
sequen
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:58:50 +, Tony Nelson wrote:
[snip]
> Is there a general way to call GLib functions?
ctypes?
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
I'd like to have a fast way to validate large amounts of string data as
being UTF-8.
I don't see a fast way to do it in Python, though:
unicode(s,'utf-8').encode('utf-8)
seems to notice at least some of the time (the unicode() part works but
the encode() part bombs). I don't consider a RE
