[Python-Dev] PEP 383 update: utf8b is now the error handler

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>     > If the error handler is supposed to be used for codecs other than
>     utf-8,
>     > perhaps it should renamed something more generic, e.g.
>     "surrogate-escape"?
> 
>     Perhaps. However, utf-8b doesn't really have to do anything with utf-8 -
>     it's an algorithm based on 16-bit or 32-bit code points.
> 
> 
> To me that lack of relationship with utf8 suggests that it should not be
> called utf8b

Perhaps. However, giving it that name was Markus Kuhn's choice - and
while it may be confusing, it's (IMO) useful to be consistent with this
background.

Regards,
Martin