[issue25896] array.array accepting byte-order codes in format strings

2015-12-17 Thread Zoinkity .
New submission from Zoinkity .: I'd like to propose allowing the use of byte-order characters in the typecode string used by the array.array class. This removes any ambiguity on the order of the data, especially when that data is not known and loaded from an outside source. You wou

[issue19548] 'codecs' module docs improvements

2014-06-05 Thread Zoinkity .
Zoinkity . added the comment: One glaring omission is any information about multibyte codecs--the class, its methods, and how to even define one. Also, the primary use for codecs.register would be to append a single codec to the lookup registry. Simple usage of the method only provides