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authorMarc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>2004-01-20 18:24:34 (GMT)
committerMarc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>2004-01-20 18:24:34 (GMT)
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Add news item about change in encodings search function.
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@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ Extension modules
Library
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+- The encodings package will now applies codec name aliases
+ first before starting to try the import of the codec module.
+ This simplifies overriding built-in codecs with external
+ packages, e.g. the included CJK codecs with the JapaneseCodecs
+ package, by adjusting the aliases dictionary in encodings.aliases
+ accordingly.
+
- base64 now supports RFC 3548 Base16, Base32, and Base64 encoding and
decoding standards.