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Author	techtonik
Recipients	docs@python, techtonik
Date	2013-04-28.14:36:39
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Message-id	<1367159799.26.0.456231833917.issue17860@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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http://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html A common confusion is that result from subprocess calls in Python 3 is bytes, not string, and needs to be converted. The problem is complicated because you need to know the encoding of input/output streams. This should be documented at least. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/606191/convert-byte-array-to-python-string

http://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html

A common confusion is that result from subprocess calls in Python 3 is bytes, not string, and needs to be converted.

The problem is complicated because you need to know the encoding of input/output streams. This should be documented at least.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/606191/convert-byte-array-to-python-string

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Date	User	Action	Args
2013-04-28 14:36:39	techtonik	set	recipients: + techtonik, docs@python
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