Python Codec for ITU T.61 Strings

For information about the codec see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_T.61

Installation

Installation follows the standard Python procedure:

pip install t61codec

The package uses Semantic Versioning 2.0 (https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

Usage

The codec can be registered into Python's codec registry. A helper method has been provided:

import t61codec
t61codec.register()

Please see the notes on codecs.register!

After registering, the codec is available as either 't61' or 't.61':

>>> b'Hello T.61: \xe0'.decode('t.61')
'Hello T.61: Ω'
>>> 'Hello T.61: Ω'.encode('t.61')
b'Hello T.61: \xe0'