Replace error handler discussion with text from

Stephen Turnbull.
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@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ and returning bytes, would be written as::
# fn is now a str object
yield fn.encode(fse, "utf8b")
The encode error handler interface presently requires replacement
Unicode to be provide in lieu of the non-encodable Unicode from the
source string. It promptly encodes that replacement Unicode. In some
error handlers, such as the utf8 proposed here, it is simpler
and more efficient for the error handler to provide a pre-encoded
replacement byte string, rather than forcing it to calculating Unicode
from which the encoder would create the desired bytes. In fact, with
utf8b, there are required byte sequences which cannot be
generated from replacement Unicode.
The extension to the encode error handler interface proposed by this
PEP is necessary to implement the 'utf8b' error handler, because there
are required byte sequences which cannot be generated from replacement
Unicode. However, the encode error handler interface presently
requires replacement Unicode to be provided in lieu of the
non-encodable Unicode from the source string. Then it promptly
encodes that replacement Unicode. In some error handlers, such as the
'utf8b' proposed here, it is also simpler and more efficient for the
error handler to provide a pre-encoded replacement byte string, rather
than forcing it to calculating Unicode from which the encoder would
create the desired bytes.
A few alternative approaches have been proposed: