On May 5, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2011年5月5日 raymond.hettinger <python-checkins at python.org>: >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1a56775c6e54 >> changeset: 69857:1a56775c6e54 >> branch: 3.2 >> parent: 69855:97a4855202b8 >> user: Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> >> date: Thu May 05 11:35:50 2011 -0700 >> summary: >> Avoid codec spelling issues by just using the utf-8 default. >> Out of curiosity, what is the issue? IIRC, the performance depended on how your spelled-it. I believe that is why the spelling got changed in Py3.3. Either way, the code is simpler by just using the default. Raymond