not quite 1252

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Anton Vredegoor wrote:
>> So if that is the case: What is the problem then? If you interpret
>> the document as cp1252, and it contains \x93 and \x94, what is
>> it that you don't like about that? In yet other words: what actions
>> are you performing, what are the results you expect to get, and
>> what are the results that you actually get?
> 
> Well, where do these cp1252 codes come from? The xml-file claims it's
> utf-8.

Ah. Then the document is most likely right: \x94 can very well occur
in an UTF-8 file.

> I just tried out some random decodings and cp1252 seemed to work. I
> don't like to have to guess this way. I think John wouldn't even allow
> it :-)

Well, if the document is UTF-8, you should decode it as UTF-8, of
course.

Regards,
Martin