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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2010-06-16 23:33:54 (GMT)
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Issue #850997: mbcs encoding (Windows only) handles errors argument: strict
mode raises unicode errors. The encoder only supports "strict" and "replace" error handlers, the decoder only supports "strict" and "ignore" error handlers.
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@@ -1223,6 +1223,23 @@ functions can be used directly if desired.
Convert a label to Unicode, as specified in :rfc:`3490`.
+:mod:`encodings.mbcs` --- Windows ANSI codepage
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: encodings.mbcs
+ :synopsis: Windows ANSI codepage
+
+Encode operand according to the ANSI codepage (CP_ACP). This codec only
+supports ``'strict'`` and ``'replace'`` error handlers to encode, and
+``'strict'`` and ``'ignore'`` error handlers to decode.
+
+Availability: Windows only.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ Before 3.2, the *errors* argument was ignored; ``'replace'`` was always used
+ to encode, and ``'ignore'`` to decode.
+
+
:mod:`encodings.utf_8_sig` --- UTF-8 codec with BOM signature
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