diff -r 000000000000 -r ae805ac0140d python-2.5.2/win32/Lib/encodings/utf_16.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python-2.5.2/win32/Lib/encodings/utf_16.py	Fri Apr 03 17:19:34 2009 +0100
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+""" Python 'utf-16' Codec
+
+
+Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
+
+(c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.
+
+"""
+import codecs, sys
+
+### Codec APIs
+
+encode = codecs.utf_16_encode
+
+def decode(input, errors='strict'):
+    return codecs.utf_16_decode(input, errors, True)
+
+class IncrementalEncoder(codecs.IncrementalEncoder):
+    def __init__(self, errors='strict'):
+        codecs.IncrementalEncoder.__init__(self, errors)
+        self.encoder = None
+
+    def encode(self, input, final=False):
+        if self.encoder is None:
+            result = codecs.utf_16_encode(input, self.errors)[0]
+            if sys.byteorder == 'little':
+                self.encoder = codecs.utf_16_le_encode
+            else:
+                self.encoder = codecs.utf_16_be_encode
+            return result
+        return self.encoder(input, self.errors)[0]
+
+    def reset(self):
+        codecs.IncrementalEncoder.reset(self)
+        self.encoder = None
+
+class IncrementalDecoder(codecs.BufferedIncrementalDecoder):
+    def __init__(self, errors='strict'):
+        codecs.BufferedIncrementalDecoder.__init__(self, errors)
+        self.decoder = None
+
+    def _buffer_decode(self, input, errors, final):
+        if self.decoder is None:
+            (output, consumed, byteorder) = \
+                codecs.utf_16_ex_decode(input, errors, 0, final)
+            if byteorder == -1:
+                self.decoder = codecs.utf_16_le_decode
+            elif byteorder == 1:
+                self.decoder = codecs.utf_16_be_decode
+            elif consumed >= 2:
+                raise UnicodeError("UTF-16 stream does not start with BOM")
+            return (output, consumed)
+        return self.decoder(input, self.errors, final)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        codecs.BufferedIncrementalDecoder.reset(self)
+        self.decoder = None
+
+class StreamWriter(codecs.StreamWriter):
+    def __init__(self, stream, errors='strict'):
+        self.bom_written = False
+        codecs.StreamWriter.__init__(self, stream, errors)
+
+    def encode(self, input, errors='strict'):
+        self.bom_written = True
+        result = codecs.utf_16_encode(input, errors)
+        if sys.byteorder == 'little':
+            self.encode = codecs.utf_16_le_encode
+        else:
+            self.encode = codecs.utf_16_be_encode
+        return result
+
+class StreamReader(codecs.StreamReader):
+
+    def reset(self):
+        codecs.StreamReader.reset(self)
+        try:
+            del self.decode
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+    def decode(self, input, errors='strict'):
+        (object, consumed, byteorder) = \
+            codecs.utf_16_ex_decode(input, errors, 0, False)
+        if byteorder == -1:
+            self.decode = codecs.utf_16_le_decode
+        elif byteorder == 1:
+            self.decode = codecs.utf_16_be_decode
+        elif consumed>=2:
+            raise UnicodeError,"UTF-16 stream does not start with BOM"
+        return (object, consumed)
+
+### encodings module API
+
+def getregentry():
+    return codecs.CodecInfo(
+        name='utf-16',
+        encode=encode,
+        decode=decode,
+        incrementalencoder=IncrementalEncoder,
+        incrementaldecoder=IncrementalDecoder,
+        streamreader=StreamReader,
+        streamwriter=StreamWriter,
+    )