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Inconsistent behavior of email.header.decode_header #81320
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| BPO | 37139 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @warsaw, @bitdancer, @louisabraham |
| Superseder |
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closed_at = <Date 2019-06-03.09:30:24.645>
created_at = <Date 2019-06-03.08:52:55.361>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-email']
title = 'Inconsistent behavior of email.header.decode_header'
updated_at = <Date 2019-06-03.16:09:16.404>
user = 'https://github.com/louisabraham'bugs.python.org fields:
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closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2019-06-03.09:30:24.645>
closer = 'SilentGhost'
components = ['email']
creation = <Date 2019-06-03.08:52:55.361>
creator = '[email protected]'
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issue_num = 37139
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '24797'
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue37139'
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louisabraham commentedon Jun 3, 2019
Hi,
(this is my first issue btw)
I think <https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.header.html#email.header.decode_header\> has a broken behavior.
It returns a list of
(decoded_string, charset)pairs. However,decoded_stringcan be either a string or bytes.I have no preference but it should really be of one type.
SilentGhost commentedon Jun 3, 2019
This seem like a duplicate of bpo-24797. I hope the answer given there applies.
louisabraham commentedon Jun 3, 2019
Indeed, this is exactly the same (I should have researched more, my bad).
The problem is that I'm using mailbox.Maildir which uses the Compat32 API.
Do you think I should create an issue for Maildir to support the new EmailMessage API?
SilentGhost commentedon Jun 3, 2019
There seems to be some work started in bpo-32975. Perhaps, you'd like to revive it or contribute otherwise?