[ python-Bugs-1465619 ] str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode

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Bugs item #1465619, was opened at 2006-04-06 10:05
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode

Initial Comment:
In 3.8.3 Standard Encodings, the table at the bottom
listing special encodings says that the result of
str.decode('rot13') is a byte string. In Python 2.4.3
it is actually a Unicode string so this table entry
should be changed.

In [40]: 'abc'.decode('rot13')
Out[40]: u'nop'

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