[issue16975] Broken error handling in codecs.escape_decode()

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

Here is a patch which fixes error handling in codecs.escape_decode().

>>> codecs.escape_decode(r'[\x1]\x2', 'replace')
(b'[?]?', 8)

New tests for escape_decode() added.

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keywords: +patch
nosy: +doerwalter, lemburg
stage: needs patch -> patch review
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file28749/escape_decode_error_handling.patch

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