[issue35544] unicode.encode docstring says return value can be unicode

[radiocane]

radiocane <bruno at anche.no> added the comment:

Given that:
1) No standard codec returns unicode
2) I consider as "most common scenario" the case where a user wants to encode a unicode object using some character encoding and get back an str-like object

I'll keep on finding "-> string or unicode" misleading. I'd rather have the same as str.encode i.e. "-> object".
Anyway thanks for your time and attention :)

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