[issue6302] email.header.decode_header data types are inconsistent and incorrectly documented

[Barry A. Warsaw]

Barry A. Warsaw <barry at python.org> added the comment:

I agree that it makes sense to have consistent types in the output.  As for whether to add a new method or fix the existing one, I'm a bit torn, but I'd probably opt for fixing the existing function rather than adding a new one, just because I think there are few Python 3 applications out there that are counting on the old behavior.  (I could be wrong though ;).

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