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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2013-12-11 16:52:11 -0500
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2013-12-11 16:52:11 -0500
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#19063: fix set_payload handling of non-ASCII string input.
This version of the fix raises an error instead of accepting the invalid input (ie: if a non-ASCII string is used but no charset is specified).
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@@ -196,7 +196,13 @@ Here are the methods of the :class:`Message` class:
Set the entire message object's payload to *payload*. It is the client's
responsibility to ensure the payload invariants. Optional *charset* sets
- the message's default character set; see :meth:`set_charset` for details.
+ the message's character set; see :meth:`set_charset` for details. If
+ *payload* is a string containing non-ASCII characters, *charset* is
+ required.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Previous to 3.4 *charset* was not required when *payload* was a
+ non-ASCII string, but omitting it produced nonsense results.
.. method:: set_charset(charset)