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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 20:15:50 +1100
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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Subject: surprising exception text
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:87142

Gotta love this:

TypeError: decoding with 'utf-8' codec failed (TypeError: '_io.BufferedReader' does not support the buffer interface)

Not to worry:-)

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

The Design View editor of Visual InterDev 6.0 is currently incompatible
with Compatibility Mode, and may not function correctly.
- George Politis <george@research.canon.com.au>, 22apr1999,
  quoting http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/technical/ie5.asp