Issue #8477: _ssl._test_decode_cert() supports str with surrogates and bytes
for the filename
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+- Issue #8477: _ssl._test_decode_cert() supports str with surrogates and bytes
+  for the filename
+
 - Issue #8550: Add first class ``SSLContext`` objects to the ssl module.
 
 - Issue #8681: Make the zlib module's error messages more informative when