[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Thanks for the review, Mark. Addressed that and committed the changes in changeset 606a18938476 (3.4) changeset b4130b2f7748 (3.5) -- nosy: +orsenthil resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.5 -P

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset b4130b2f7748 by Senthil Kumaran in branch 'default': merge from 3.4 http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b4130b2f7748 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker _

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

R. David Murray added the comment: No, that's a good catch. For a keyword argument, we generally do mention the default value in the text, and it looks like we still should in that instance, especially since it *is* different that it is a keyword argument and not positional like the method to

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Just one small query on the patch (more for my own benefit than anything else). In the rst file there's now no difference between the wording for the quotetabs positional argument to encode and the keyword argument to encodestring. Is there a rule (of thumb)

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

R. David Murray added the comment: Please do review it, Mark. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Can we have a review on this fairly small patch please. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

Petri Lehtinen added the comment: The encode() and decode() functions also expect binary file objects. Attached a patch that changes documentation and docstrings. Removed the mentions of readline(), because read() is called on input instead, if the binascii module is available. Also removed th

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

Changes by R. David Murray : -- components: +email nosy: +barry, r.david.murray versions: +Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue15588] quopri: encodestring and decodestring handle bytes, not strings

New submission from patrick vrijlandt: quopri.py's functions encodestring and decodestring are documented to handle strings; and this is clearly suggested by their name. However, these functions accept and return bytes, not strings. This should be reflected in the documentation. Even better: