>> 1. read input into a buffer >> 2. determine source encoding (looking at a BOM, else a >> declaration within the first two lines, else default >> to UTF-8) >> 3. if the source encoding is not UTF-8, pass it through >> a codec (decode to string, encode to UTF-8). Otherwise, >> check that all bytes are really well-formed UTF-8. >> 4. start parsing > > So people could hook into their own "codec" that, say, replaced native > language keywords with standard python keywords?
No, so that PEP 263 remains implemented. Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
