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Codecs: ignoring decoding errors can discard text

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Published: 22 Oct 2026 16:11 · Updated: 22 Oct 2026 16:11

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A decoding error policy affects the result. Policies such as strict, replace and ignore handle bytes that do not fit the encoding differently.

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A decoding error policy affects the result. Policies such as strict, replace and ignore handle bytes that do not fit the encoding differently. [1]

Choosing ignore can discard information rather than repair a file. For a catalogue of names, establish the source encoding first. Obtaining a string successfully does not prove that every original character survived or was interpreted correctly.

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  1. [1] codecs — Codec registry and base classes — Python 3.12.15 documentation ↗