Merge pull request #441 from JamesParrott/Encoding_from_cpg_file

Support reading encodings from .cpg files

Merge pull request #437 from JamesParrott/3.1.5_fix_date_str_bug_no_s…

…trftime

3.1.5 fix date str bug no strftime

Merge pull request #434 from JamesParrott/Test_all_supported_encodings

v3.1.4.  Fix bug with dates supplied as strings & CI test all encodings

Merge pull request #427 from JamesParrott/Slightly_faster

v3.1.3 speed up encoding of utf8 and ascii text

Merge pull request #425, Raise error when strings end in code points …

…that encode to pad bytes

Raise error when strings end in code points that encode to pad bytes

Add notes about Unicode handling to Readme

Merge pull request #424 from JamesParrott/Test_utf16_encoded_field_names

v3.1.1 Warn if text encoding ends in pad bytes.  Minimise pad bytes used in decodings.

Merge pull request #422 from JamesParrott/Trim_strings_wrt_code_point…

…s_not_bytes

v3.1.0  Strict mode.  Robuster support for unicode inc bug fixes.

Merge pull request #413 from JamesParrott/Test_shp_files_roundtrip

v3.0.13. Don't error when reading empty shp files (bug fix).

Merge pull request #409 from JamesParrott/Polylines_and_Polygons

v3.0.12. 3D Point coords