Update the documentation.

python · serhiy-storchaka · Nov 18, 2024 · Sep 7, 2024 · Sep 7, 2024 · Nov 5, 2024
commit ebf8ed154658c1fcd954c37782ed7e37147dfc46
diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst
@@ -1042,6 +1042,10 @@ is meant to be exhaustive. Notice that spelling alternatives that only differ in
 case or use a hyphen instead of an underscore are also valid aliases; therefore,
 e.g. ``'utf-8'`` is a valid alias for the ``'utf_8'`` codec.
 
+On Windows, ``cpXXX`` codecs are available for all code pages.
+But only codecs listed in the following table are guarantead to exist on
+other platforms.
+
 .. impl-detail::
 
    Some common encodings can bypass the codecs lookup machinery to
@@ -1307,6 +1311,9 @@ particular, the following variants typically exist:
 .. versionchanged:: 3.8
    ``cp65001`` is now an alias to ``utf_8``.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.14
+   On Windows, ``cpXXX`` codecs are now available for all code pages.
+
 
 Python Specific Encodings
 -------------------------

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Other Language Changes
   They raise an error if the argument is a string.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`84978`.)
 
+* All Windows code pages are now supported as "cpXXX" codecs on Windows.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`123803`.)
 
 New Modules
 ===========

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-07-15-16-24.gh-issue-123803.J9VNQU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-07-15-16-24.gh-issue-123803.J9VNQU.rst
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+All Windows code pages are now supported as "cpXXX" codecs on Windows.
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		All Windows code pages are now supported as "cpXXX" codecs on Windows.