Thanks for those drafts, Martin - they look like a strong improvement to me. While I still had plenty of comments/questions on v2, I think that's more a reflection on how long it has been since we gave these docs a thorough overall review, moreso than a reflection on the proposed changes.

Victor - I added you to the nosy list for this one, as I'd specifically like your comments on the StreamReader/Writer docs updates. I'd like to make it clear that these are distinct from the "text encoding only" APIs in the io module, while still accurately describing the behaviour of the standard codecs.