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The alias was created in 2003 to fix bpo-671666:
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commit 4eab486476c0082087a8460a5ab1064e64cc1a6b
Author: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Mon Mar 3 09:34:01 2003 +0000
Patch #671666: Alias ANSI code page to "mbcs".
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In 2003, bpo-671666 was created because Python didn't support "cp932" encoding, whereas the MBCS codec was available and could used directly since cp932 was the ANSI code page.
The alias allows to support the ANSI code 932 without implement it.
But Python got a "cp932" codec the year after:
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commit 3e2a30692085d32ac63f72b35da39158a471fc68
Author: Hye-Shik Chang <hyeshik@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Jan 17 14:29:29 2004 +0000
Add CJK codecs support as discussed on python-dev. (SF #873597)
Several style fixes are suggested by Martin v. Loewis and
Marc-Andre Lemburg. Thanks!
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