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  r81168 | victor.stinner | 2010-05-14 17:58:55 +0200 (ven., 14 mai 2010) | 10 lines

  Issue #8711: Document PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault*() functions

   * Add paragraph titles to c-api/unicode.rst.
   * Fix PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault*() comment: it now uses the "surrogateescape"
     error handler (and not "replace")
   * Remove "The function is intended to be used for paths and file names only
     during bootstrapping process where the codecs are not set up." from
     PyUnicode_FSConverter() comment: it is used after the bootstrapping and for
     other purposes than file names
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diff --git a/Include/unicodeobject.h b/Include/unicodeobject.h
index d21dd96..cc2d535 100644
--- a/Include/unicodeobject.h
+++ b/Include/unicodeobject.h
@@ -1238,25 +1238,29 @@
 /* --- File system encoding ---------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ParseTuple converter which converts a Unicode object into the file
-   system encoding, using the PEP 383 error handler; bytes objects are
-   output as-is. */
+   system encoding as a bytes object, using the "surrogateescape" error
+   handler; bytes objects are output as-is. */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicode_FSConverter(PyObject*, void*);
 
-/* Decode a null-terminated string using Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding.
+/* Decode a null-terminated string using Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding
+   and the "surrogateescape" error handler.
 
-   If the encoding is supported by one of the built-in codecs (i.e., UTF-8,
-   UTF-16, UTF-32, Latin-1 or MBCS), otherwise fallback to UTF-8 and replace
-   invalid characters with '?'.
+   If Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding is not set, fall back to UTF-8.
 
-   The function is intended to be used for paths and file names only
-   during bootstrapping process where the codecs are not set up.
+   Use PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize() if you have the string length.
 */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(
     const char *s               /* encoded string */
     );
 
+/* Decode a string using Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding
+   and the "surrogateescape" error handler.
+
+   If Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding is not set, fall back to UTF-8.
+*/
+
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize(
     const char *s,               /* encoded string */
     Py_ssize_t size              /* size */