From 6048ce95a94ee4527799d7c2fe43ffa43fa64990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:43:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation for str.decode(). This closes SF bug #490823. --- Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index ed0c4d90f1..a92928eebd 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -502,6 +502,16 @@ S\code{[\var{start}:\var{end}]}. Optional arguments \var{start} and \var{end} are interpreted as in slice notation. \end{methoddesc} +\begin{methoddesc}[string]{decode}{\optional{encoding\optional{, errors}}} +Decodes the string using the codec registered for \var{encoding}. +\var{encoding} defaults to the default string encoding. \var{errors} +may be given to set a different error handling scheme. The default is +\code{'strict'}, meaning that encoding errors raise +\exception{ValueError}. Other possible values are \code{'ignore'} and +\code{replace'}. +\versionadded{2.2} +\end{methoddesc} + \begin{methoddesc}[string]{encode}{\optional{encoding\optional{,errors}}} Return an encoded version of the string. Default encoding is the current default string encoding. \var{errors} may be given to set a different -- 2.50.1