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Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

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On 04/07/2013 12:29, Νίκος wrote:
> Στις 4/7/2013 1:54 μμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε:
>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:38 PM, ����� <nikos@superhost.gr> wrote:
>>> So you are also suggesting that what gesthostbyaddr() returns is not utf-8
>>> encoded too?
>>>
>>> What character is 0xb6 anyways?
>>
>> It isn't. It's a byte. Bytes are not characters.
>>
>> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
>
> Well in case of utf-8 encoding for the first 127 codepoing we can safely
> say that a character equals a byte :)
>
Equals? No. Bytes are not characters. (Strictly speaking, they're
codepoints, not characters.)

And anyway, it's the first _128_ codepoints.

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UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 11:37 +0300
  Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-04 05:59 -0400
    Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 13:03 +0300
      Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-04 06:29 -0400
        Fwd: Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 13:36 +0300
  Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-07-04 11:50 +0200
    Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 13:38 +0300
      Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 20:54 +1000
        Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 14:29 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-04 12:52 +0100
            Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 15:06 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 22:37 +1000
      Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-04 12:06 +0100
        Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 14:36 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-04 13:07 +0100
            Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 15:47 +0300
              Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-04 14:34 +0100
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Γκρ33κ <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 16:38 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-04 16:10 +0100
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Γκρ33κ <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 18:56 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com> - 2013-07-12 06:47 -0500
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-12 14:56 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-12 11:46 -0400
            Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 15:52 +0300
              Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-04 14:34 +0100
                Fwd: Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Γκρ33κ <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 17:48 +0300
      Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-07-04 15:07 +0200
        Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Γκρ33κ <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 16:26 +0300
      Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-04 16:08 -0400
        Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-04 23:25 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-04 22:44 +0200
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 14:53 -0600
      Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-07-05 01:06 +0100
        Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 09:07 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 08:55 +0200
            Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 10:10 +0300
        Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 09:51 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 09:06 +0200
            Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 10:13 +0300
              Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-05 04:27 -0400
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 12:01 +0300
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2013-07-05 00:21 -0700
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-05 03:50 -0400
            Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 11:00 +0300
              Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-05 04:35 -0400
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 11:49 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-05 05:21 -0400
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 12:25 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 12:24 +0200
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 13:28 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 13:26 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 12:36 +0200
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 13:42 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 12:59 +0200
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 14:05 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 14:16 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 13:16 +0200
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 14:27 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte feedthetroll@gmx.de - 2013-07-05 05:06 -0700
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 13:33 +0300
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte feedthetroll@gmx.de - 2013-07-05 04:56 -0700
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte feedthetroll@gmx.de - 2013-07-05 05:14 -0700
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-05 09:05 -0400
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 16:11 +0200
                Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Νίκος Gr33k <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-05 17:27 +0300
              Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte feedthetroll@gmx.de - 2013-07-05 01:44 -0700
          Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-07-05 12:16 +0200
  Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte roggero.n@gmail.com - 2013-09-06 16:17 -0700

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