[New-bugs-announce] [issue1404] warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance

[Christian Heimes]

New submission from Christian Heimes:

$ ./python -bb Lib/compileall.py
Listing /home/heimes/dev/python/py3k/Lib ...
Compiling /home/heimes/dev/python/py3k/Lib/pydoc.py ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/compileall.py", line 162, in <module>
    exit_status = int(not main())
  File "Lib/compileall.py", line 155, in main
    success = compile_path()
  File "Lib/compileall.py", line 110, in compile_path
    force, quiet=quiet)
  File "Lib/compileall.py", line 65, in compile_dir
    ok = py_compile.compile(fullname, None, dfile, True)
  File "/home/heimes/dev/python/py3k/Lib/py_compile.py", line 131, in
compile
    encoding = read_encoding(file, "utf-8")
  File "/home/heimes/dev/python/py3k/Lib/py_compile.py", line 91, in
read_encoding
    return str(m.group(1))
  File "/home/heimes/dev/python/py3k/Lib/warnings.py", line 62, in warn
    globals)
  File "/home/heimes/dev/python/py3k/Lib/warnings.py", line 102, in
warn_explicit
    raise message
BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance

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assignee: tiran
components: Library (Lib)
keywords: patch
messages: 57245
nosy: tiran
priority: high
severity: normal
status: open
title: warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.0

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