Added documentation for str.decode().

This closes SF bug #490823.
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Fred Drake 2001-12-10 16:43:08 +00:00
parent 61d3637ff8
commit 6048ce95a9

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@ -502,6 +502,16 @@ S\code{[\var{start}:\var{end}]}. Optional arguments \var{start} and
\var{end} are interpreted as in slice notation.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[string]{decode}{\optional{encoding\optional{, errors}}}
Decodes the string using the codec registered for \var{encoding}.
\var{encoding} defaults to the default string encoding. \var{errors}
may be given to set a different error handling scheme. The default is
\code{'strict'}, meaning that encoding errors raise
\exception{ValueError}. Other possible values are \code{'ignore'} and
\code{replace'}.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[string]{encode}{\optional{encoding\optional{,errors}}}
Return an encoded version of the string. Default encoding is the current
default string encoding. \var{errors} may be given to set a different