mike klaas xdihqxzrsgmailcom 22apr08 331 lemburg wrote dont think part standard library people mistake tells certain 1 also think better educate people add correct encoding information text data rather give guess mechanism fallacious alternative programmers need encoding detection people omitting encoding information small opinion whether charset detection appear stdlib somewhat perplexed arguments thread dont see inclusion stdlib would make people inclined think algorithm always correct terms need functionality martin wrote please explain web programs normally need detect encoding instead specified always unless talking browsers specifically need support web pages specify encoding incorrectly program needs examine contents documentsfeeds whatever web needs deal incorrectlyspecified encodings sadly rather common set programs programs need functionality probably set needs beautifulsoupi think set larger browsers mike _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 153930 0700 pythondev encoding detection standard library