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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 42a6fef..22d168e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -194,37 +194,37 @@ in both Python 2 and Python 3, rather than being limited to Unicode text
encodings (in Python 3) or ``basestring`` <-> ``basestring`` conversions
(in Python 2).
-In Python 3.4, the errors raised by the convenience methods when a codec
-produces the incorrect output type have also been updated to direct users
-towards these general purpose convenience functions::
+In Python 3.4, the interpreter is able to identify the known non-text
+encodings provided in the standard library and direct users towards these
+general purpose convenience functions when appropriate::
>>> import codecs
- >>> codecs.encode(b"hello", "bz2_codec").decode("bz2_codec")
+ >>> b"abcdef".decode("hex_codec")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
- TypeError: 'bz2_codec' decoder returned 'bytes' instead of 'str'; use codecs.decode() to decode to arbitrary types
+ LookupError: 'hex_codec' is not a text encoding; use codecs.decode() to handle arbitrary codecs
>>> "hello".encode("rot_13")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
- TypeError: 'rot_13' encoder returned 'str' instead of 'bytes'; use codecs.encode() to encode to arbitrary types
+ LookupError: 'rot_13' is not a text encoding; use codecs.encode() to handle arbitrary codecs
In a related change, whenever it is feasible without breaking backwards
compatibility, exceptions raised during encoding and decoding operations
will be wrapped in a chained exception of the same type that mentions the
name of the codec responsible for producing the error::
- >>> b"hello".decode("uu_codec")
- ValueError: Missing "begin" line in input data
+ >>> codecs.decode(b"abcdefgh", "hex_codec")
+ binascii.Error: Non-hexadecimal digit found
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
- ValueError: decoding with 'uu_codec' codec failed (ValueError: Missing "begin" line in input data)
+ binascii.Error: decoding with 'hex_codec' codec failed (Error: Non-hexadecimal digit found)
- >>> "hello".encode("bz2_codec")
+ >>> codecs.encode("hello", "bz2_codec")
TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ name of the codec responsible for producing the error::
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: encoding with 'bz2_codec' codec failed (TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface)
-(Contributed by Nick Coghlan in :issue:`17827` and :issue:`17828`)
+(Contributed by Nick Coghlan in :issue:`17827`, :issue:`17828` and
+:issue:`19619`)
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