# objspace.usemodules._multibytecodec

- name: _multibytecodec
- description: use module _multibytecodec
- command-line: --withmod-_multibytecodec
- command-line for negation: --withoutmod-_multibytecodec
- option type: boolean option
- default: False

Use the '_multibytecodec' module. Used by the standard library to provide codecs for 'gb2312', 'gbk', 'gb18030', 'hz', 'big5hkscs', 'iso2022_kr', 'iso2022_jp', 'iso2022_jp_1', 'iso2022_jp_2', 'iso2022_jp_2004', 'iso2022_jp_3', 'iso2022_jp_ext', 'shift_jis', 'cp932', 'euc_jp', 'shift_jis_2004', 'euc_jis_2004', 'euc_jisx0213', 'shift_jisx0213', 'euc_kr', 'cp949', 'johab', 'big5', 'cp950'.