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55 :: encodings question

• adrianv (orginal) [2012-07-09T18:14:44+02:00] view original

  Hi, I try to convert from CP1252 to UTF8 with the encodings package like this :

  
  
  import encodings
  
  echo convert("\xE4\xF6", "UTF-8", "CP1252") # should output �� - but it doesn't
  echo convert("\xE4\xF6", "CP1252", "UTF-8") # now it works
  Run

  according to the documentation and the code, the first encoding string is the destination and the second the source, but it looks like the meanings are swapped - I am confused ;-)

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• Araq (orginal) [2012-07-09T21:37:50+02:00] view original

  Well so am I... Check encoding's when IsMainModule; I tested this on windows (and on Linux) and it worked. This tested the direction "UTF-8" -> "CP1252" though. I guess it's a bug and the other direction does not work? Oh but it does for you if you swap the arguments. Weird. Bug report please or better yet try to find the cause.

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• adrianv (orginal) [2012-07-10T11:03:39+02:00] view original

  Ok I will check

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• Araq (orginal) [2012-07-10T20:56:50+02:00] view original

  Thanks, it's fixed now.

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