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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-04-06 16:09:59 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-04-06 16:09:59 (GMT)
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Make sure the \declaremodule uses the right name for the module!
Clean up several markup problems & inconsistencies.
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\section{\module{codecs} ---
- Python codec registry and base classes}
+ Codec registry and base classes}
-\declaremodule{standard}{codec}
+\declaremodule{standard}{codecs}
\modulesynopsis{Encode and decode data and streams.}
\moduleauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@lemburg.com}
\sectionauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@lemburg.com}
@@ -35,20 +35,21 @@ return a tuple of functions \code{(\var{encoder}, \var{decoder}, \var{stream_rea
\var{stream_reader} and \var{stream_writer}: These have to be
factory functions providing the following interface:
- \code{factory(\var{stream},\var{errors}='strict')}
+ \code{factory(\var{stream}, \var{errors}='strict')}
The factory functions must return objects providing the interfaces
- defined by the base classes
- \class{StreamWriter}/\class{StreamReader} resp. Stream codecs can
- maintain state.
+ defined by the base classes \class{StreamWriter} and
+ \class{StreamReader}, respectively. Stream codecs can maintain
+ state.
- Possible values for errors are 'strict' (raise an exception in case
- of an encoding error), 'replace' (replace malformed data with a
- suitable replacement marker, e.g. '?') and 'ignore' (ignore
- malformed data and continue without further notice).
+ Possible values for errors are \code{'strict'} (raise an exception
+ in case of an encoding error), \code{'replace'} (replace malformed
+ data with a suitable replacement marker, such as \character{?}) and
+ \code{'ignore'} (ignore malformed data and continue without further
+ notice).
In case a search function cannot find a given encoding, it should
-return None.
+return \code{None}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lookup}{encoding}
@@ -57,20 +58,21 @@ function tuple as defined above.
Encodings are first looked up in the registry's cache. If not found,
the list of registered search functions is scanned. If no codecs tuple
-is found, a LookupError is raised. Otherwise, the codecs tuple is
-stored in the cache and returned to the caller.
+is found, a \exception{LookupError} is raised. Otherwise, the codecs
+tuple is stored in the cache and returned to the caller.
\end{funcdesc}
To simplify working with encoded files or stream, the module
also defines these utility functions:
-\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename, mode\optional{, encoding=None, errors='strict', buffering=1}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename, mode\optional{, encoding=None\optional{, errors='strict'\optional{, buffering=1}}}}
Open an encoded file using the given \var{mode} and return
a wrapped version providing transparent encoding/decoding.
-Note: The wrapped version will only accept the object format defined
-by the codecs, i.e. Unicode objects for most builtin codecs. Output is
-also codec dependent and will usually by Unicode as well.
+\strong{Note:} The wrapped version will only accept the object format
+defined by the codecs, i.e. Unicode objects for most builtin
+codecs. Output is also codec dependent and will usually by Unicode as
+well.
\var{encoding} specifies the encoding which is to be used for the
the file.
@@ -79,11 +81,11 @@ the file.
to 'strict' which causes a \exception{ValueError} to be raised in case
an encoding error occurs.
-\var{buffering} has the same meaning as for the builtin open() API.
-It defaults to line buffered.
+\var{buffering} has the same meaning as for the built-in
+\function{open()} function. It defaults to line buffered.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{EncodedFile}{file, input\optional{, output=None, errors='strict'}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{EncodedFile}{file, input\optional{, output=None\optional{, errors='strict'}}}
Return a wrapped version of file which provides transparent
encoding translation.