[ python-Bugs-1471985 ] mimetools module getencoding error

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Bugs item #1471985, was opened at 2006-04-17 22:20
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: James G. sack (jim) (jgsack)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary:  mimetools module getencoding error

Initial Comment:
in Python 2.4.1
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(accessing mimetools via utllib..)

getencoding() returns
  '7bit'

when header contains
  Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

shouldn't that substitute for a absent transfer-encoding 
field?




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