Paul added the comment: You're absolutely right. I tested it on another machine now, with Python 2.7.3 installed and it is actually twice as fast as codecs. Thanks.
So I guess there is little interest in fixing codecs because io is the preferred package for reading unicode files. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18291> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com