From 68987ed560d45b005c15cbb87d6713cbdfc3ea3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/" Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:44:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] --- .../crashes_in_the_python_proxy_even_if_disabled.mdwn | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) 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]] -- 2.44.0