[issue44522] [doc] open() function errors='surrogateescape' has inaccurate information

[Bupjae Lee]

New submission from Bupjae Lee <bupjae at gmail.com>:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open

error parameter of open() function says this:

'surrogateescape' will represent any incorrect bytes as code points in the Unicode Private Use Area ranging from U+DC80 to U+DCFF.


However, U+DC80 to U+DCFF doesn't belong to "Unicode Private Use Area"; it belongs to "Low Surrogate Area".



Suggested fix:

'surrogateescape' will represent any incorrect bytes as (unpaired) low surrogate code units ranging from U+DC80 to U+DCFF.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 396632
nosy: bupjae2, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: [doc] open() function errors='surrogateescape' has inaccurate information
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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