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Socket Python 3k Documentation mistake OR Unicode string is not supported with socket.send #47800

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st33med mannequin opened this issue Aug 14, 2008 · 3 comments
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Socket Python 3k Documentation mistake OR Unicode string is not supported with socket.send #47800

st33med mannequin opened this issue Aug 14, 2008 · 3 comments
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st33med mannequin commented Aug 14, 2008

BPO 3550
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st33med mannequin commented Aug 14, 2008

I am confused by the socket docs for Python 3000. It says to pass a
string through socket.send or socket.sendall, however, it does not seem
to account for the ASCII to Unicode transition. Trying to send an
ordinary Python 3k string through socket.send fails with a TypeError
stating that the first arg must be bytes or buffers but not a str.

Besides the misdocumented sockets, I would think it would be easier to
translate a Unicode string to ASCII, however, I fear this might violate
the "Explicit is better than implicit" rule and RFC tables.

@st33med st33med mannequin added the type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error label Aug 14, 2008
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st33med mannequin commented Aug 14, 2008

http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/library/socket.html

The examples at the bottom also add to the confusion.
Also, changed title to be friendlier (failure? Mistake, more likely) and
changed type to no selection.

@st33med st33med mannequin changed the title Socket Python 3k Documentation failure OR Unicode string is not supported with socket.send Socket Python 3k Documentation mistake OR Unicode string is not supported with socket.send Aug 14, 2008
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Thanks, fixed the docs to refer to bytes objects in r65674.

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