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bpo-11001: updated cookie docs (GH-13086) 

Used **spookylukey**'s patch from 2011-01-24



https://bugs.python.org/issue11001
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@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ in Cookie name (as :attr:`~Morsel.key`).
.. class:: SimpleCookie([input])
This class derives from :class:`BaseCookie` and overrides :meth:`value_decode`
and :meth:`value_encode` to be the identity and :func:`str` respectively.
and :meth:`value_encode`. SimpleCookie supports strings as cookie values.
When setting the value, SimpleCookie calls the builtin :func:`str()` to convert
the value to a string. Values received from HTTP are kept as strings.
.. seealso::
@ -76,15 +77,16 @@ Cookie Objects
.. method:: BaseCookie.value_decode(val)
Return a decoded value from a string representation. Return value can be any
type. This method does nothing in :class:`BaseCookie` --- it exists so it can be
overridden.
Return a tuple ``(real_value, coded_value)`` from a string representation.
``real_value`` can be any type. This method does no decoding in
:class:`BaseCookie` --- it exists so it can be overridden.
.. method:: BaseCookie.value_encode(val)
Return an encoded value. *val* can be any type, but return value must be a
string. This method does nothing in :class:`BaseCookie` --- it exists so it can
Return a tuple ``(real_value, coded_value)``. *val* can be any type, but
``coded_value`` will always be converted to a string.
This method does no encoding in :class:`BaseCookie` --- it exists so it can
be overridden.
In general, it should be the case that :meth:`value_encode` and