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Title: Docstring for codecs.lookup is incorrect
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Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 2.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: Nosy List: doerwalter, massysett (2)
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Created on 2007-07-15 21:13 by massysett, last changed 2007-07-19 13:05 by doerwalter.

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msg32510 - (view) Author: Omari Norman (massysett) Date: 2007-07-15 21:13 
The docstring for codecs.lookup states that this function returns a tuple of functions. I understand this was correct in Python 2.4, but in Python 2.5 this function returns a CodecInfo object, as described in the docs:

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-codecs.html

I've got Python 2.5.1.
msg32511 - (view) Author: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter) Date: 2007-07-19 13:05 
CodecInfo objects *are* tuples for backwards compatibility reasons. Also it's still possible that codecs.lookup() returns a real tuple (however all standard encoding go through encodings.search_function() so if codec.getregentry() returns a real tuple this gets upgraded to a CodecInfo object.)

I've changed the docstring in r56456, so that it mentions both tuples and CodecInfo objects.
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