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Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 18:52:53 +0000
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On 08/03/2015 18:20, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Mark Lawrence wrote:
>
>> On 08/03/2015 09:15, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>> 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>
>>>
>>
>> What is the bug report number?
>>
>
>
> Who said it was a bug? Cameron called it "surprising", not "wrong".
>

s/bug/issue/

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