[Python-Dev] Add a new "locale" codec?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> As And pointed out, this is already the behaviour of the "mbcs" codec
> under Windows. "locale" would be the moral (*) equivalent of that under
> Unix.

Indeed, and that precedent should be enough reason *not* to include a
"locale" encoding. The "mbcs" encoding has caused much user confusion
over the years, and it is less useful than people typically think. For
example, for some time, people thought that names in zip files ought to
be encoded in "mbcs", only to find out that this is incorrect years
later. With a "locale" encoding, the risk for confusion and untestable
code is too high (just consider the ongoing saga of the Turkish dotless
i (ı)).

Regards,
Martin