[Python-Dev] Re: Changing codec lookup order

["Martin v. Löwis"]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> No. Instead, it applies uniformly to all codecs - so in some cases,
>> users may see changes in the behaviour.
> 
> 
> Could you give an example ?
> 
> The only change that I can think of is that setting up aliases
> to override builtin codecs would start working and that's more
> like a bug fix than a new feature.

Currently, if somebody defines a codec windows_1252.py, 
foo.encode("windows_1252") uses this codec. With the proposed
change, it uses cp1252.py. To see the behaviour change, no
changes to the aliases list is necessary.

Regards,
Martin