string.encode on HP-UX

[Richard Brodie]

"Christopher T King" <squirrel at WPI.EDU> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0407221014000.30237-100000 at ccc2.wpi.edu...

> This achieves the same effect as the aliases trick (which I'm surprised
> didn't work for you at the prompt), but is less tricksy and should
> therefore work better.

I've put what should be a proper codec as a patch on SF. Really needs
testing on HP-UX though....