[issue14740] get_payload(n, True) returns None
R. David Murray
report at bugs.python.org
Mon May 7 15:57:48 CEST 2012
R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> added the comment:
Thanks for the report and patch suggestion, but...
This is actually the way it is designed to work. get_payload(i) returns the ith element of a multipart payload. Your workaround is in fact the correct way to do this operation. decode=True is documented to return None if is_multipart is True.
You will note that if decode=False, you get back the Message sub-object, not a string. Since decoding a Message object (as opposed to its payload) is not a meaningful operation, None is returned for decode=True. Arguably we should raise a TypeError or ValueError instead, but we don't for historical reasons.
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nosy: +r.david.murray
resolution: -> invalid
stage: -> committed/rejected
status: open -> closed
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