[ python-Bugs-1465619 ] str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode

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Bugs item #1465619, was opened at 2006-04-06 10:05
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Assigned to: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter)
Summary: str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode

Initial Comment:
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'

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-04-06 11:25

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Okay. Fixed docs in rev. 43701, 43702.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2006-04-06 11:18

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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.

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Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-04-06 10:59

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Walter: Wouldn't make it sense for rot13 to actually output
byte strings?

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