[New-bugs-announce] [issue35544] unicode.encode docstring says return value can be unicode

[radiocane]

New submission from radiocane <bruno at anche.no>:

In Python 2.7.15rc1 the docstring for unicode.encode starts with: "S.encode([encoding[,errors]]) -> string or unicode"

But if this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/449281/5397695 is correct, then unicode.encode will never return a unicode object. Am I right?

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components: Unicode
messages: 332203
nosy: ezio.melotti, radiocane, vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: unicode.encode docstring says return value can be unicode
versions: Python 2.7

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