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Restrict escapable bytes into the 128..255 range.

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Martin v. Löwis 2009-04-30 09:50:16 +00:00
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@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ environmental data to Python str objects ([1]).
On POSIX systems, Python currently applies the locale's encoding to On POSIX systems, Python currently applies the locale's encoding to
convert the byte data to Unicode, failing for characters that cannot convert the byte data to Unicode, failing for characters that cannot
be decoded. With this PEP, non-decodable bytes will be represented as be decoded. With this PEP, non-decodable bytes >128 will be
lone half surrogate codes U+DCxx. represented as lone half surrogate codes U+DC80..U+DCFF. Bytes below
128 will produce exceptions; see the discussion below.
To convert non-decodable bytes, a new error handler ([2]) To convert non-decodable bytes, a new error handler ([2])
"python-escape" is introduced, which produces these half "python-escape" is introduced, which produces these half
@ -109,6 +110,11 @@ will produce non-sensical data.
Data obtained from other sources may conflict with data produced Data obtained from other sources may conflict with data produced
by this PEP. Dealing with such conflicts is out of scope of the PEP. by this PEP. Dealing with such conflicts is out of scope of the PEP.
Encodings that are not compatible with ASCII are not supported by
this specification; bytes in the ASCII range that fail to decode
will cause an exception. It is widely agreed that such encodings
should not be used as locale charsets.
For most applications, we assume that they eventually pass data For most applications, we assume that they eventually pass data
received from a system interface back into the same system received from a system interface back into the same system
interfaces. For example, an application invoking os.listdir() will interfaces. For example, an application invoking os.listdir() will