[issue10590] Parameter type error for xml.sax.parseString(string, ...)

[Thomas Ryan]

New submission from Thomas Ryan <tom.a.ryan at gmail.com>:

In 3.1.3, 3.1.2, maybe earlier...

xml.sax.parseString(string, handler, error_handler=handler.ErrorHandler())

Source code requires bytes, not a string as implied by function name and by the documentation.

Exception thrown for strings.

Since the name includes "string" the source should probably be fixed.
Or at least update the documentation.

Someday replace/augment parseString() with parseBytes()?

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components: XML
messages: 122933
nosy: Thomas.Ryan
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Parameter type error for xml.sax.parseString(string, ...)
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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