How does StreamCodec differ to Codec in Python?

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In the Python 2 documentation, for codecs.Codec it states, "Use StreamCodec for codecs which have to keep state in order to make encoding/decoding efficient".

However, StreamCodec is not documented within the codecs module, and nor does it appear anywhere else in the documentation.

How does StreamCodec differ to Codec? Is there any difference in the API or its guarantees, and are there any specific attributes where state should be stored?

It's a bug in the documentation. The class is StreamReader ( docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html#streamreader-objects ) — Tasos Vogiatzoglou
– Tasos Vogiatzoglou, Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 16:41

Konstantin · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-01 16:45:24Z

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It is a mistake in Python documentation. It should read StreamReader/StreamWriter.

Related bug in Python Bug Tracker is here

answered Jun 1, 2015 at 16:45

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