Skip Montanaro submits a simple patch that makes encode() and decode()
recognize the '7bit' and '8bit' encodings, to simplify use.
diff --git a/Lib/mimetools.py b/Lib/mimetools.py
index b519c54..27996e0 100644
--- a/Lib/mimetools.py
+++ b/Lib/mimetools.py
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@
if encoding in ('uuencode', 'x-uuencode', 'uue', 'x-uue'):
import uu
return uu.decode(input, output)
+ if encoding in ('7bit', '8bit'):
+ output.write(input.read())
if decodetab.has_key(encoding):
pipethrough(input, decodetab[encoding], output)
else:
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@
if encoding in ('uuencode', 'x-uuencode', 'uue', 'x-uue'):
import uu
return uu.encode(input, output)
+ if encoding in ('7bit', '8bit'):
+ output.write(input.read())
if encodetab.has_key(encoding):
pipethrough(input, encodetab[encoding], output)
else: