https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fba6c1a842f96151e4e216ec042ac695252d160f commit: fba6c1a842f96151e4e216ec042ac695252d160f branch: 3.13 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]> date: 2026-07-02T07:26:21Z summary:
[3.13] gh-79964: Clarify the imaplib fetch example in the docs (GH-152780) (GH-152861) A FETCH response may contain additional or unsolicited data, so the message is not always data[0][1]. (cherry picked from commit 50ae0be74988564fb09746a49eb4b8f8e740f3c3) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/imaplib.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst index a71b4553c3d387..987abf4d1e3234 100644 --- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst @@ -649,3 +649,10 @@ retrieves and prints all messages:: M.close() M.logout() +.. note:: + + A ``FETCH`` response may contain additional or unsolicited data + (see :rfc:`3501`, section 7.4.2), + so production code should inspect the whole response + rather than rely on ``data[0][1]``. + _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
