From: http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/ <smcv@web>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:44:12 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: (no commit message)
X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/68987ed560d45b005c15cbb87d6713cbdfc3ea3a?ds=sidebyside

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diff --git a/doc/bugs/crashes_in_the_python_proxy_even_if_disabled.mdwn b/doc/bugs/crashes_in_the_python_proxy_even_if_disabled.mdwn
index 4e54e5df4..26896b303 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/crashes_in_the_python_proxy_even_if_disabled.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/crashes_in_the_python_proxy_even_if_disabled.mdwn
@@ -50,3 +50,12 @@ error: ikiwiki failed
 >     $
 > 
 > So I am not sure what is going on here... --[[anarcat]]
+
+>> Python is decoding what it receives from IkiWiki using the default `ascii`
+>> codec. To match IkiWiki's "all source text is UTF-8" assumption, the
+>> Python proxy should explicitly decode incoming text from bytes
+>> (`str`) to `unicode` using the `utf8` codec instead.
+>>
+>> Python's conservative default is "`ascii`, regardless of locale" -
+>> this minimizes the chance of silently incorrect decoding, but
+>> unfortunately also maximizes the chance of crashing. --[[smcv]]