[Python-Dev] Japanese Codecs

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"Andrew M. Kuchling" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:03:56PM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> >I'm asking this, because Tamito KAJIYAMA wrote a set of
> >codecs for EUC-JP and Shift_JIS which would probably
> >be very useful for Japanese Python users -- I just don't
> >know how many there are and whether inclusion of an extra
> >650k of source code would hurt or not.
> 
> This seems too much code added that would only be of use to a limited
> audience, so -1 from me.  Japanese packagers of Python would probably
> include them, of course.

I just wish that these packagers actually become a reality
some day... the concept is good, but there currently seem to
be no volunteers or companies jumping in :-(

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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