[Patches] [ python-Patches-571603 ] Fix bug in encodings.search_function

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Patches item #571603, was opened at 2002-06-20 13:39
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Geert Jansen (geertj)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Fix bug in encodings.search_function

Initial Comment:
Hi,

there seems to be a bug in the default encoding search 
function (search_function in encodings/__init__.py. The 
function tries to load a module with the name of the 
encoding, but it doesn't require that this module is in the 
encodings/ directory. This leads to trouble when you try 
to use an encoding that has the name of a module in the 
search path.

To demonstrate, save the following line to test.py:

print 'Just testing'.encode('test')

and run it. This results in a CodecRegistryError 
exception: "module "test" (test.pyc) failed to register"

The bug is present in 2.2.1 and in HEAD. In HEAD there 
was actually a bugfix for this but it was incomplete.

Patches for 2.2.1 and HEAD attached.

Greetings,
Geert Jansen

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