david wolever aywfqwrcstorontoedu 21apr08 531 pm martin v löwis wrote useful get hunk data _should_ sort intelligible text big scary internet say posted web form email message want something useful say search content dont think part standard library people mistake tells certain oleg mentioned method called something like guess_encoding think could live clear consciences imo encoding estimation something many web programs deal might well built would prefer option run textinputencodeguess something similar relying external dependency worse yet using hand rolled algorithm _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 180119 0400 pythondev encoding detection standard library