Issue #12160: Fix incorrect StreamCodec references in Codec.encode() and Codec.decode() docs.
It should StreamWriter for Codecs.encode() and StreamReader for Codec.decode().
Patch by Nick Weinhold.
diff --git a/Lib/codecs.py b/Lib/codecs.py
index 66dd024..4a4d043 100644
--- a/Lib/codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/codecs.py
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@
'strict' handling.
The method may not store state in the Codec instance. Use
- StreamCodec for codecs which have to keep state in order to
- make encoding/decoding efficient.
+ StreamWriter for codecs which have to keep state in order to
+ make encoding efficient.
The encoder must be able to handle zero length input and
return an empty object of the output object type in this
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@
'strict' handling.
The method may not store state in the Codec instance. Use
- StreamCodec for codecs which have to keep state in order to
- make encoding/decoding efficient.
+ StreamReader for codecs which have to keep state in order to
+ make decoding efficient.
The decoder must be able to handle zero length input and
return an empty object of the output object type in this