This is minor issue indeed, uncovered when trying to run quopri.py with MicroPython http://micropython.org . I now worked around this on MicroPython side, but otherwise I set to report any issues I've seen with MicroPython porting, in the hope that MicroPython effort is good member of Python community. If the original report is unclear, feel free to point to any vague spots, and I'll elaborate on it. Thanks.