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Add KOI8-RU as a known encoding #49464
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>>> u = unicode("bob", "KOI8-RU")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
LookupError: unknown encoding: KOI8-RU This could be broadened to see that we support all encodings that are |
I found this file http://ra.dkuug.dk/i18n/charmaps/KOI8-RU. I |
Attach file used as gencodec.py input: koi8-ru. dwayne: Does the result look correct? |
My version of iconv (2.6.1) doesn't support KOI8-RU, only:
Note: python trunk doesn't support KOI8R nor KOI8U (which are just |
Could you please clarify the official status of this encoding. According http://www.terena.org/activities/multiling/koi8-ru/index.html it is currently only a proposed draft which hasn't been updated since 1997. |
@Haypo: The encoding works and doesn't throw and error, my guess is that I also found glibc points to this reference My iconv --version is 2.9 Apart from that I can't vouch for its correctness @lemburg: I can't comment on the status of the standard. I would assume Why I'm interested in these issues is that our Python tools are used to For us its useful in that we present a path for people to move from an |
Can I close this issue? Or do we have enough KOI8-RU users to include I think that iconv is enough for people who need to convert their old |
Viktor, I found this reference which has some background information "This charset wasn't supported by Ukrainian Internet community due to Provided that resource is correct, it also appears that its inventor So I guess, we can close this request and leave the codec attached to |
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