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Diffstat (limited to 'python/olm/_compat.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | python/olm/_compat.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/python/olm/_compat.py b/python/olm/_compat.py index 762371b..e1c0d63 100644 --- a/python/olm/_compat.py +++ b/python/olm/_compat.py @@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ def to_bytes(string): raise TypeError("Invalid type {}".format(type(string))) -def to_native_str(byte_string, errors="replace"): - """Turn a byte string into a native string decoding it as UTF-8. +def to_unicode_str(byte_string, errors="replace"): + """Turn a byte string into a unicode string. + + Should be used everywhere where the input byte string might not be trusted + and may contain invalid unicode values. Args: byte_string (bytes): The bytestring that will be converted to a native @@ -63,7 +66,4 @@ def to_native_str(byte_string, errors="replace"): Returns the decoded native string. """ - try: - return native_str(byte_string, errors=errors) - except TypeError: - return bytes(byte_string).decode(errors=errors) + return byte_string.decode(errors=errors) |