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Fri Apr 24 19:39:15 CEST 2009 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-April/088972.html

Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen <at> xemacs.org> writes:
> 
> Well, the problem is that both parts are false.  If you didn't start
> with a valid string in a known encoding, you shouldn't treat it as
> characters because it's not.  Hand it to a careful API, and you'll get
> an Exception raised in your face.

Which "careful API" are you talking about?

> OTOH, at least some of those who feel lucky and use it
> naively are going to turn out to be wrong.

Why will they turn out to be wrong?

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Non-decodable Bytes in System Character Interfaces