Python UTF-8 and codecs

[Serge Orlov]

On 6/27/06, Mike Currie <dev at null.com> wrote:
> Okay,
>
> Here is a sample of what I'm doing:
>
>
> Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on
> win32
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> >>> filterMap = {}
> >>> for i in range(0,255):
> ...     filterMap[chr(i)] = chr(i)
> ...
> >>> filterMap[chr(9)] = chr(136)
> >>> filterMap[chr(10)] = chr(133)
> >>> filterMap[chr(136)] = chr(9)
> >>> filterMap[chr(133)] = chr(10)

This part is incorrect, it should be:

filterMap = {}
for i in range(0,128):
    filterMap[chr(i)] = chr(i)

filterMap[chr(9)] = unichr(136)
filterMap[chr(10)] = unichr(133)
filterMap[unichr(136)] = chr(9)
filterMap[unichr(133)] = chr(10)