From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:22:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug #1446043: correctly raise a LookupError if an encoding name given
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.1c1~359
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1206a933cc0f485cc8764daba5564bf9677d8e02;p=python

Bug #1446043: correctly raise a LookupError if an encoding name given
to encodings.search_function() contains a dot.
 (backport from rev. 52075)
---

diff --git a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
index ff05fb75f9..98ae2fae72 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def search_function(encoding):
     else:
         modnames = [norm_encoding]
     for modname in modnames:
-        if not modname:
+        if not modname or '.' in modname:
             continue
         try:
             mod = __import__('encodings.' + modname,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 55ef60ff97..c3cf131c04 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1446043: correctly raise a LookupError if an encoding name given
+  to encodings.search_function() contains a dot.
+
 - Bug #1560617: in pyclbr, return full module name not only for classes,
   but also for functions.