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Fixed error in explanation of codec decode_func pointed out by Gregg Hauser,

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@ -137,10 +137,11 @@ is an 8-bit string containing a portion (perhaps all) of the Unicode
string converted into the given encoding, and \var{length} tells you
how much of the Unicode string was converted.
\item \var{decode_func} is the mirror of \var{encode_func},
taking a Unicode string and
returns a 2-tuple \code{(\var{ustring}, \var{length})} containing a Unicode string
and \var{length} telling you how much of the string was consumed.
\item \var{decode_func} is the opposite of \var{encode_func}, taking
an 8-bit string and returning a 2-tuple \code{(\var{ustring},
\var{length})}, consisting of the resulting Unicode string
\var{ustring} and the integer \var{length} telling how much of the
string was consumed.
\item \var{stream_reader} is a class that supports decoding input from
a stream. \var{stream_reader(\var{file_obj})} returns an object that
@ -1042,8 +1043,8 @@ these modules.
\section{Acknowledgements}
The authors would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions on drafts of this article: Mark Hammond, Fredrik Lundh,
Detlef Lannert, Skip Montanaro, Vladimir Marangozov, Guido van Rossum,
and Neil Schemenauer.
suggestions on drafts of this article: Mark Hammond, Gregg Hauser,
Fredrik Lundh, Detlef Lannert, Skip Montanaro, Vladimir Marangozov,
Guido van Rossum, and Neil Schemenauer.
\end{document}