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r87430 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-21 16:53:37 -0500 (Tue, 21 Dec 2010) | 9 lines
#4871: check that zipfile password is bytes, and give useful error message.
Previously passing a string in as the password would fail either with
an assertion error or a TypeError with a confusing error message.
Note that a string can't be accepted since zipfile has no way to
guess what encoding should be used to turn it into bytes.
Patch by Victor Stinner.
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Library
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+- Issue #4871: The zipfile module now gives a more useful error message if
+ an attempt is made to use a string to specify the archive password.
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- Issue #10750: The ``raw`` attribute of buffered IO objects is now read-only.
- Issue #6791: Limit header line length (to 65535 bytes) in http.client