Message 181239 - Python tracker

Message181239

Author	ncoghlan
Recipients	docs@python, ezio.melotti, ncoghlan
Date	2013-02-03.04:01:10
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Message-id	<1359864071.69.0.659089821533.issue17110@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The sys.argv docs [1] currently contain no mention of the fact that they are Unicode strings decoded from bytes provided by the OS. They also don't explain how to correct a decoding error by reversing Python's implicit conversion and redoing it based on the application's knowledge of the correct encoding, as described at [2] [1] http://docs.python.org/3/library/sys#sys.argv [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6981594/sys-argv-as-bytes-in-python-3k/

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The sys.argv docs [1] currently contain no mention of the fact that they are Unicode strings decoded from bytes provided by the OS. They also don't explain how to correct a decoding error by reversing Python's implicit conversion and redoing it based on the application's knowledge of the correct encoding, as described at [2]

[1] http://docs.python.org/3/library/sys#sys.argv
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6981594/sys-argv-as-bytes-in-python-3k/

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Date	User	Action	Args
2013-02-03 04:01:11	ncoghlan	set	recipients: + ncoghlan, ezio.melotti, docs@python
2013-02-03 04:01:11	ncoghlan	set	messageid: <1359864071.69.0.659089821533.issue17110@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2013-02-03 04:01:11	ncoghlan	link	issue17110 messages
2013-02-03 04:01:10	ncoghlan	create