interpreted as in slice notation.
-.. method:: str.encode([encoding[, errors]])
+.. method:: str.encode(encoding=sys.getdefaultencoding(), errors="strict")
Return an encoded version of the string as a bytes object. Default encoding
is the current default string encoding. *errors* may be given to set a
b = a.replace(b"a", b"f")
-.. method:: bytes.decode([encoding[, errors]])
- bytearray.decode([encoding[, errors]])
+.. method:: bytes.decode(encoding=sys.getdefaultencoding(), errors="strict")
+ bytearray.decode(encoding=sys.getdefaultencoding(), errors="strict")
Return a string decoded from the given bytes. Default encoding is the
current default string encoding. *errors* may be given to set a different