[Python-bugs-list] new module "codecs" in 1.6 (PR#259)

[mal@lemburg.com]

cpr@emsoftware.com wrote:
> 
> Full_Name: Chris Ryland
> Version: 1.6
> OS: NT 4
> Submission from: cache.1st.net (209.240.0.17)
> 
> Simple suggestion: to avoid confusion with multimedia codecs, how about naming
> the codecs module unicodecs? (Nit, I realize.)

The codecs.py module and the registry behind it are intended to
provide APIs for many different kinds of codecs -- not just
Unicode ones.

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