UTF-EBCDIC encoding?

[Owen Marshall]

On 2013-07-12, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick at gmail.com> wrote:
> --047d7bdc8be492d67804e154c580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne at waynewerner.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone aware of a UTF-EBCDIC[1] decoder?
>>
>> While Python does have a few EBCDIC dialects in the codecs, it does
>> not have the (relatively new?) UTF-EBCDIC one.
>>
>> Additionally, if anyone is aware of a Python tool that can unpack a
>> mainframe PDS file, that would also be worthwhile.
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Wayne
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**UTF-EBCDIC<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-EBCDIC>
>> --
>> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-list<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>
>>
>
>
> I can't help you.  I'm astonished.  Trying to imagine the work
> environment where this technology would be necessary
>

Ask any poor shmuck who has ever had to consume files created by the
government -- especially stuff from the Social Security Administration
-- and they'll tell horror stories about EBCDIC.

Typically I've seen ``iconv'' used for this task, so I'd love to see a
native solution...

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                        -owen