Issue #27959: Updates NEWS and whatsnew

6cebd484 · Steve Dower · 5a71327f · 6cebd484 · 6cebd484
Commit 6cebd484 authored Sep 06, 2016 by Steve Dower
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@@ -450,6 +450,12 @@ Any code relying on the presence of ``default_format`` may
 need to be adapted. See :issue:`27819` for more details.


+encodings
+---------
+
+On Windows, added the ``'oem'`` encoding to use ``CP_OEMCP`` and the ``'ansi'``
+alias for the existing ``'mbcs'`` encoding, which uses the ``CP_ACP`` code page.
+
 faulthandler
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@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ Build
 Windows
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+- Issue #27959: Adds oem encoding, alias ansi to mbcs, move aliasmbcs to
+  codec lookup.
+
 - Issue #27982: The functions of the winsound module now accept keyword
  arguments.