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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-29 07:38:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-29 07:38:37 (GMT) |
| commit | b77e888f415d72d028361952692006a38c2473c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 2bc0ea766abca410f36fee33efd1d9f0af9be9d4 /Doc | |
| parent | 7943a3295d32daa88c7759d0a22e6e93642673b2 (diff) | |
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#2988: add note about catching CookieError when parsing untrusted cookie data.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/cookie.rst b/Doc/library/cookie.rst index aae7bc2..346da5a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/cookie.rst +++ b/Doc/library/cookie.rst @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ The module formerly strictly applied the parsing rules described in the MSIE 3.0x doesn't follow the character rules outlined in those specs. As a result, the parsing rules used are a bit less strict. +.. note:: + + On encountering an invalid cookie, :exc:`CookieError` is raised, so if your + cookie data comes from a browser you should always prepare for invalid data + and catch :exc:`CookieError` on parsing. + .. exception:: CookieError |