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Re: [gpsd-dev] Update on Python Version Compatibility
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] Update on Python Version Compatibility |
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Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:56:35 -0400 |
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Fred Wright <address@hidden>:
> One complication on str vs. bytes is that the "latin-1 hack" doesn't
> always work as well as it first appears. In some contexts, a string is
> assumed to have the default encoding, which is derived from the
> environment.
The Latin-1 hack has been extensively tested on about half a dozen
serious applications (that I know of) at this point without springing
a leak.
Can you specify a context in which this happens so I can reproduce and
examine the behavior?
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>