[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-607302 ] Missing encoding alias for cp1256

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Bugs item #607302, was opened at 2002-09-10 16:13
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Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Rayed Al-Rashed (rayed)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Missing encoding alias for cp1256

Initial Comment:
windows-1256 is a very important alias for cp1256
it is missing from python2.2/encodings/aliases.py

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Comment By: Christos Georgiou (tzot)
Date: 2002-09-10 18:35

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For your use, you can edit aliases.py.
It is corrected in current CVS:

Python 2.3a0 (#26, Sep  4 2002, 17:39:22) [C] on irix646
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>>> 'hello'.decode("windows-1256")
u'hello'

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