UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:37:14 +0300, Νίκος wrote:

> Στις 29/9/2013 11:30 πμ, ο/η Νίκος έγραψε:
>> Στις 29/9/2013 11:23 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε:
>>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Νίκος <nikos.gr33k at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> ipval is suposed to get just an ip address. ip addresses doesnt
>>>> change its just number seperated by dots.
>>>
>>> That's one way an IP address can be rendered. It's not the only one.
>>> There's an entire category of IP addresses that's usually written with
>>> colons rather than dots. However, I reiterate: How do you KNOW what's
>>> in ipval? I wonder if there's an easy way for you to find out...
>>>
>>> ChrisA
>>>
>> yes it is, i take it you mean to just print the damn varibale to see
>> what on eath is actually outputs back....
> 
> 
> Here, as exactly as i though of it:
> 
> print( ipval )  returned  46.198.177.249 
............................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

But the error comes from:

> [Sun Sep 29 07:44:43 2013] [error] [client 173.245.49.126] 
.............................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Given that the error occurred hours ago, I don't think you'll be able to 
diagnose why it happened unless it happens again.


Another thought comes to mind... unless you have changed your habits, I 
recall that you edit the source code live. If that is the case, it is 
possible that the error actually occurred in a completely unrelated line, 
if you happened to be editing the file at the moment the error occurred.



-- 
Steven