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diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst index 0227d9b963..b67e653c14 100644 --- a/Doc/library/codecs.rst +++ b/Doc/library/codecs.rst @@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ and writing to platform dependent files: encodings. -.. _surrogateescape: .. _codec-base-classes: Codec Base Classes @@ -273,6 +272,7 @@ implement the file protocols. Codec authors also need to define how the codec will handle encoding and decoding errors. +.. _surrogateescape: .. _error-handlers: Error Handlers @@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ The following error handlers are only applicable to | | :func:`backslashreplace_errors`. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | ``'namereplace'`` | Replace with ``\N{...}`` escape sequences | -| | (only for encoding). | +| | (only for encoding). Implemented in | +| | :func:`namereplace_errors`. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | ``'surrogateescape'`` | On decoding, replace byte with individual | | | surrogate code ranging from ``U+DC80`` to | @@ -422,7 +423,8 @@ functions: .. function:: namereplace_errors(exception) - Implements the ``namereplace`` error handling (for encoding only): the + Implements the ``'namereplace'`` error handling (for encoding with + :term:`text encodings <text encoding>` only): the unencodable character is replaced by a ``\N{...}`` escape sequence. .. versionadded:: 3.5 |