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-rw-r--r--Lib/email/utils.py6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/email/utils.py b/Lib/email/utils.py
index a759d23..39c2240 100644
--- a/Lib/email/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/email/utils.py
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ def parsedate_to_datetime(data):
def parseaddr(addr):
+ """
+ Parse addr into its constituent realname and email address parts.
+
+ Return a tuple of realname and email address, unless the parse fails, in
+ which case return a 2-tuple of ('', '').
+ """
addrs = _AddressList(addr).addresslist
if not addrs:
return '', ''