diff -r 000000000000 -r ae805ac0140d python-2.5.2/win32/Lib/encodings/mbcs.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python-2.5.2/win32/Lib/encodings/mbcs.py	Fri Apr 03 17:19:34 2009 +0100
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+""" Python 'mbcs' Codec for Windows
+
+
+Cloned by Mark Hammond (mhammond@skippinet.com.au) from ascii.py,
+which was written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
+
+(c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.
+
+"""
+# Import them explicitly to cause an ImportError
+# on non-Windows systems
+from codecs import mbcs_encode, mbcs_decode
+# for IncrementalDecoder, IncrementalEncoder, ...
+import codecs
+
+### Codec APIs
+
+encode = mbcs_encode
+
+def decode(input, errors='strict'):
+    return mbcs_decode(input, errors, True)
+
+class IncrementalEncoder(codecs.IncrementalEncoder):
+    def encode(self, input, final=False):
+        return mbcs_encode(input, self.errors)[0]
+
+class IncrementalDecoder(codecs.BufferedIncrementalDecoder):
+    _buffer_decode = mbcs_decode
+
+class StreamWriter(codecs.StreamWriter):
+    encode = mbcs_encode
+
+class StreamReader(codecs.StreamReader):
+    decode = mbcs_decode
+
+### encodings module API
+
+def getregentry():
+    return codecs.CodecInfo(
+        name='mbcs',
+        encode=encode,
+        decode=decode,
+        incrementalencoder=IncrementalEncoder,
+        incrementaldecoder=IncrementalDecoder,
+        streamreader=StreamReader,
+        streamwriter=StreamWriter,
+    )