Add missing documentation for the PEP 293 functionality to

the codecs docstrings.
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Walter Dörwald 2002-11-19 21:42:53 +00:00
parent a1a61f92a2
commit 7f82f7955e
1 changed files with 22 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -67,15 +67,22 @@ class Codec:
""" Defines the interface for stateless encoders/decoders.
The .encode()/.decode() methods may implement different error
The .encode()/.decode() methods may use different error
handling schemes by providing the errors argument. These
string values are defined:
string values are predefined:
'strict' - raise a ValueError error (or a subclass)
'ignore' - ignore the character and continue with the next
'replace' - replace with a suitable replacement character;
Python will use the official U+FFFD REPLACEMENT
CHARACTER for the builtin Unicode codecs.
CHARACTER for the builtin Unicode codecs on
decoding and '?' on encoding.
'xmlcharrefreplace' - Replace with the appropriate XML
character reference (only for encoding).
'backslashreplace' - Replace with backslashed escape sequences
(only for encoding).
The set of allowed values can be extended via register_error.
"""
def encode(self, input, errors='strict'):
@ -136,14 +143,20 @@ class StreamWriter(Codec):
stream must be a file-like object open for writing
(binary) data.
The StreamWriter may implement different error handling
The StreamWriter may use different error handling
schemes by providing the errors keyword argument. These
parameters are defined:
parameters are predefined:
'strict' - raise a ValueError (or a subclass)
'ignore' - ignore the character and continue with the next
'replace'- replace with a suitable replacement character
'xmlcharrefreplace' - Replace with the appropriate XML
character reference.
'backslashreplace' - Replace with backslashed escape
sequences (only for encoding).
The set of allowed parameter values can be extended via
register_error.
"""
self.stream = stream
self.errors = errors
@ -192,14 +205,16 @@ class StreamReader(Codec):
stream must be a file-like object open for reading
(binary) data.
The StreamReader may implement different error handling
The StreamReader may use different error handling
schemes by providing the errors keyword argument. These
parameters are defined:
parameters are predefined:
'strict' - raise a ValueError (or a subclass)
'ignore' - ignore the character and continue with the next
'replace'- replace with a suitable replacement character;
The set of allowed parameter values can be extended via
register_error.
"""
self.stream = stream
self.errors = errors