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Summary

unicode_call_errorhandler in Lib/_pycodecs.py validated an error
handler's return value by indexing it (res[0], res[1]) without first
checking the tuple length. For codecs backed by _pycodecs (for example
the charmap codec used by iso-8859-15):

  • a handler returning a 1-tuple such as ("foo",) leaked
    IndexError: tuple index out of range instead of raising TypeError;
  • a handler returning a 3-tuple such as ("foo", 1, 3) was silently
    accepted, with the extra element ignored.

CPython raises TypeError for both, as does RustPython's Rust-side
ErrorsHandler (crates/vm/src/codecs.rs). This change requires the
returned tuple to have exactly two elements before indexing it.

The CPython test test_codeccallbacks.test_badhandlerresults covered
this behaviour and was marked @unittest.expectedFailure with
# TODO: RUSTPYTHON; it now passes, so the marker is removed. A
regression test is added to extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_codecs_wide.py.

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This contribution was AI-assisted. Tool: Muse (Árbol), model
Muse Spark 1.3. Extent: the AI agent located the bug by running the
CPython test expectations against a locally built RustPython,
identified the faulty validation in Lib/_pycodecs.py, wrote the
one-line fix, the regression test, and this description. All code was
verified locally by building RustPython from this tree and running the
reproduction script, the new snippet test, and the
test_codeccallbacks, test_codecs, test_charmapcodec, and
test_multibytecodec suites on Linux (the platform the agent has
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Tests

  • Reproduction script (mirrors test_badhandlerresults): 4 failures
    before the fix (no raise for ("foo", 1, 3); IndexError for
    ("foo",), each twice due to duplicate entries in the test data),
    0 failures after; CPython 3.12 reports 0 failures on the same script.
  • New snippet test test_charmap_error_handler_bad_results in
    extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_codecs_wide.py: fails before the fix
    (AssertionError: error handler result ('foo', 1, 3) was not rejected), passes after.
  • ./target/debug/rustpython -m test test_codeccallbacks — SUCCESS,
    43 tests run; test_badhandlerresults ... ok.
  • ./target/debug/rustpython -m test test_charmapcodec test_codecs —
    SUCCESS, 292 tests run.
  • ./target/debug/rustpython -m test test_multibytecodec — OK
    (36 tests run in a combined run with a non-existent module name;
    see PURSUIT.md).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Tests
    • Expanded coverage for charmap encoding error handlers, checking that invalid results raise a TypeError and valid results produce the expected encoded byte.

unicode_call_errorhandler in Lib/_pycodecs.py indexed the error
handler's return value before checking its length, so a handler
returning a one-element tuple raised IndexError instead of TypeError,
and a three-element tuple was silently accepted. Both cases are
reachable through charmap codecs (e.g. iso-8859-15). Require exactly
two elements, matching CPython and the Rust ErrorsHandler.

Remove the expectedFailure marker from
test_codeccallbacks.test_badhandlerresults, which now passes, and add
a regression test to extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_codecs_wide.py.

Assisted-by: Muse:Muse Spark 1.3
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Minor Remove the malformed-result loop from the snippet. Keep the valid-handler check.

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Adds a test for charmap encoding error-handler results. It checks that invalid results raise TypeError and that a valid (str, int) result produces the expected encoded byte.

Changes: Charmap error-handler results

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate error-handler results
extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_codecs_wide.py
The test checks that invalid result shapes and values raise TypeError. It also checks that a valid (str, int) result encodes to the expected byte.

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The validation fix has no established behavioral regression. Remove the redundant malformed-result tests while retaining the valid-handler check; the remaining concern is bounded test maintenance.

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📦 Library Dependencies

The following Lib/ modules were modified. Here are their dependencies:

[x] lib: cpython/Lib/codecs.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py (TODO: 2)
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecencodings_cn.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecencodings_hk.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecencodings_iso2022.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecencodings_jp.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecencodings_kr.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecencodings_tw.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecmaps_cn.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecmaps_hk.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecmaps_jp.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecmaps_kr.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecmaps_tw.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_codecs.py (TODO: 2)
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/testcodec.py

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dependent tests: (200 tests)

  • codecs: test_charmapcodec test_codeccallbacks test_codecs test_curses test_eof test_exceptions test_free_threading test_importlib test_inspect test_io test_json test_locale test_logging test_multibytecodec test_os test_pdb test_plistlib test_readline test_sax test_str test_sys
    • email.charset: test_email
    • email.utils: test_httpservers test_smtplib test_urllib2
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      • logging.handlers: test_concurrent_futures test_pkgutil
      • smtplib: test_smtpnet
      • urllib.request: test_http_cookiejar test_pathlib test_pydoc test_site test_ssl test_urllib test_urllib2net test_urllibnet
    • encodings: test_email
      • locale: test__locale test_builtin test_c_locale_coercion test_calendar test_cmd_line test_decimal test_float test_format test_re test_regrtest test_strftime test_strptime test_tkinter test_types test_utf8_mode
    • json: test_embed test_interpreters test_json test_profiling test_pyrepl test_remote_pdb test_subprocess test_sysconfig test_tomllib test_tools test_traceback test_zoneinfo
      • importlib.metadata: test_importlib
      • profiling: test_profiling
    • pickle: test_annotationlib test_argparse test_array test_ast test_asyncio test_bool test_bytes test_bz2 test_collections test_concurrent_futures test_configparser test_coroutines test_csv test_ctypes test_defaultdict test_deque test_descr test_dict test_dictviews test_email test_enum test_enumerate test_external_inspection test_fractions test_free_threading test_functools test_generators test_genericalias test_genericpath test_http_cookies test_interpreters test_io test_ipaddress test_iter test_itertools test_list test_lzma test_memoryview test_minidom test_opcache test_operator test_ordered_dict test_os test_pickle test_picklebuffer test_pickletools test_platform test_positional_only_arg test_random test_range test_set test_shelve test_slice test_socket test_statistics test_string test_structseq test_super test_time test_trace test_tuple test_turtle test_type_aliases test_type_params test_typing test_unittest test_urlparse test_uuid test_xml_dom_minicompat test_xml_etree test_xpickle test_zipfile test_zlib test_zoneinfo
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      • traceback: test_asyncio test_code_module test_concurrent_futures test_contextlib test_contextlib_async test_crossinterp test_dictcomps test_importlib test_listcomps test_pyexpat test_setcomps test_threadedtempfile test_threading test_unittest test_with

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# Error handlers invoked through the _pycodecs helpers (e.g. by charmap
# codecs) must return a (str/bytes, int) pair. Any other result is a
# TypeError: a short tuple must not leak an IndexError, and extra tuple
# elements must not be silently ignored.
def test_charmap_error_handler_bad_results():
for bad_result in (42, "foo", (1, 2, 3), ("foo", 1, 3), ("foo", None), ("foo",)):
codecs.register_error(
"test_bad_charmap_handler", lambda exc, res=bad_result: res
)
try:
"あ".encode("iso-8859-15", "test_bad_charmap_handler")
except TypeError:
pass
else:
raise AssertionError(
f"error handler result {bad_result!r} was not rejected"
)

codecs.register_error("test_good_charmap_handler", lambda exc: ("?", exc.end))
assert "あ".encode("iso-8859-15", "test_good_charmap_handler") == b"?"


test_charmap_error_handler_bad_results()

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# Error handlers invoked through the _pycodecs helpers (e.g. by charmap
# codecs) must return a (str/bytes, int) pair. Any other result is a
# TypeError: a short tuple must not leak an IndexError, and extra tuple
# elements must not be silently ignored.
def test_charmap_error_handler_bad_results():
for bad_result in (42, "foo", (1, 2, 3), ("foo", 1, 3), ("foo", None), ("foo",)):
codecs.register_error(
"test_bad_charmap_handler", lambda exc, res=bad_result: res
)
try:
"あ".encode("iso-8859-15", "test_bad_charmap_handler")
except TypeError:
pass
else:
raise AssertionError(
f"error handler result {bad_result!r} was not rejected"
)
codecs.register_error("test_good_charmap_handler", lambda exc: ("?", exc.end))
assert "あ".encode("iso-8859-15", "test_good_charmap_handler") == b"?"
test_charmap_error_handler_bad_results()

please do not add duplicated tests from Lib/test

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Done in 9b815ef: the snippet addition is gone, so the regression coverage is only the re-enabled test_badhandlerresults in Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py (passes locally, 43 tests OK).

Change and reply prepared with Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code).

The re-enabled test_badhandlerresults in Lib/test already covers the
malformed handler results. Use tuple.__len__ so a tuple subclass that
overrides __len__ is validated by its stored length, as in CPython.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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