On 2008-08-15 15:41, Hye-Shik Chang wrote:
Currently, Python 3.0 fails to build in MacOS X with CJK locales
due to lack of codec support for preferred encodings, such as
MacJapanese or MacKorean, provided by locale.getpreferredencoding().
We have a patch that implements the codecs that resolves the problem
in issue #1276, but it's too late to put the new code into the
upcoming release. So, I propose few alternative temporary workarounds
that can be incorporated in 3.0.
1) Add temporary encoding aliases.
All Macintosh CJK encodings have their base legacy encoding that
is supported by Python already. They are virtually identical to the
legacy encodings except few Apple extension codepoints which are
rarely used. Just adding aliases will immediately resolve the problem
while it's little bit incorrect.
I think this is the best solution for 3.0. In 3.1 we should then
ship proper codecs for the various Asian Mac encodings.
4) Add FAQ entry in the documentation.
Alternative to the code changes, we can just add a FAQ entry about the
problem on MacOS X with CJK locales in the documentation.
We should add a note about the slightly wrong codec usage in 3.0 to
the FAQ and probably also to the NEWS file.
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