Issue 1465619: str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode (original) (raw)

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Title:	str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode
Type:	Stage:
Components:	Documentation	Versions:	Python 2.4

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	fixed
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Assigned To:	doerwalter	Nosy List:	doerwalter, georg.brandl, kjohnson, lemburg
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2006-04-06 10:05 by kjohnson, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg28121 - (view)	Author: Kent Johnson (kjohnson) *	Date: 2006-04-06 10:05
In 3.8.3 Standard Encodings, the table at the bottom listing special encodings says that the result of str.decode('rot13') is a byte string. In Python 2.4.3 it is actually a Unicode string so this table entry should be changed. In [40]: 'abc'.decode('rot13') Out[40]: u'nop'
msg28122 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2006-04-06 10:59
Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Walter: Wouldn't make it sense for rot13 to actually output byte strings?
msg28123 - (view)	Author: Marc-Andre Lemburg (lemburg) *	Date: 2006-04-06 11:18
Logged In: YES user_id=38388 rot 13 returns Unicode because it uses the charmap codec which works this way. I don't see much of a reason to change this. The documentation will have to be updated, though.
msg28124 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2006-04-06 11:25
Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Okay. Fixed docs in rev. 43701, 43702.