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@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.2a0? Core +- The UTF-16 codec was modified to be more RFC compliant. It will now + only remove BOM characters at the start of the string and then + only if running in native mode (UTF-16-LE and -BE won't remove a + leading BMO character). + - Strings now have a new method .decode() to complement the already existing .encode() method. These two methods provide direct access to the corresponding decoders and encoders of the registered codecs. |