On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Oleg Broytman <p...@phdru.name> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 07:04:20AM +1000, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Glenn Linderman <v+pyt...@g.nevcal.com> >> wrote: >> > "cp1251 of utf-8 encoding" is non-sensical. Either it is cp1251 or it is >> > utf-8, but it is not both. Maybe you meant "or" instead of "of". >> >> I'd assume "or" meant there, rather than "of", it's a common typo. >> >> Not sure why 1251, specifically > > This is the encoding of Russian Windows. Files and emails in Russia > are mostly in cp1251 encoding; something like 60-70%, I think. The > second popular encoding is cp866 (Russian DOS); it's used by Windows as > OEM encoding.
Yeah, that makes sense. In any case, you pick one "most likely" 8-bit encoding and go with it. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
