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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/encodings/aliases.py b/Lib/encodings/aliases.py index 7362e78..681f9e3 100644 --- a/Lib/encodings/aliases.py +++ b/Lib/encodings/aliases.py @@ -393,11 +393,18 @@ aliases = { 'cskoi8r' : 'koi8_r', # latin_1 codec + # + # Note that the latin_1 codec is implemented internally in C and a + # lot faster than the charmap codec iso8859_1 which uses the same + # encoding. This is why we discourage the use of the iso8859_1 + # codec and alias it to latin_1 instead. + # '8859' : 'latin_1', 'cp819' : 'latin_1', 'csisolatin1' : 'latin_1', 'ibm819' : 'latin_1', 'iso8859' : 'latin_1', + 'iso8859_1' : 'latin_1', 'iso_8859_1' : 'latin_1', 'iso_8859_1_1987' : 'latin_1', 'iso_ir_100' : 'latin_1', |