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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2011-03-15 19:45:20 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2011-03-15 19:45:20 (GMT)
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diff --git a/Lib/email/encoders.py b/Lib/email/encoders.py
index 0ea441d..c66f4cc 100644
--- a/Lib/email/encoders.py
+++ b/Lib/email/encoders.py
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@ def encode_7or8bit(msg):
# There's no payload. For backwards compatibility we use 7bit
msg['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = '7bit'
return
- # We play a trick to make this go fast. If encoding to ASCII succeeds, we
- # know the data must be 7bit, otherwise treat it as 8bit.
+ # We play a trick to make this go fast. If encoding/decode to ASCII
+ # succeeds, we know the data must be 7bit, otherwise treat it as 8bit.
try:
- orig.encode('ascii')
+ if isinstance(orig, str):
+ orig.encode('ascii')
+ else:
+ orig.decode('ascii')
except UnicodeError:
# iso-2022-* is non-ASCII but still 7-bit
charset = msg.get_charset()