In both Python 2 and 3, all records containing text values are now immediately decoded and returned as unicode based on the specified encoding. When writing, any unicode is encoded to the specified encoding. The encodingErrors option decides how to handle encoding errors.
As per the shapefile specs, field names are encoded to ascii only.
In both Python 2 and 3, all records containing text values are now immediately decoded and returned as unicode based on the specified encoding. When writing, any unicode is encoded to the specified encoding. The encodingErrors option decides how to handle encoding errors.
As per the shapefile specs, field names are encoded to ascii only.