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1 python-webencodings
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2 ===================
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4 This is a Python implementation of the `WHATWG Encoding standard
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5 <http://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/>`_.
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7 * Latest documentation: http://packages.python.org/webencodings/
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8 * Source code and issue tracker:
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9 https://github.com/gsnedders/python-webencodings
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10 * PyPI releases: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/webencodings
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11 * License: BSD
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12 * Python 2.6+ and 3.3+
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14 In order to be compatible with legacy web content
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15 when interpreting something like ``Content-Type: text/html; charset=latin1``,
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16 tools need to use a particular set of aliases for encoding labels
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17 as well as some overriding rules.
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18 For example, ``US-ASCII`` and ``iso-8859-1`` on the web are actually
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19 aliases for ``windows-1252``, and an UTF-8 or UTF-16 BOM takes precedence
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20 over any other encoding declaration.
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21 The Encoding standard defines all such details so that implementations do
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22 not have to reverse-engineer each other.
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24 This module has encoding labels and BOM detection,
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25 but the actual implementation for encoders and decoders is Python’s.
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