unicode decode issue

[jaraco]

unicode decode issue

[jaraco]

Hi. Sorry for the trouble.

Since version 3 of the library (see the changelog for details), the IRC library tries to provide a higher level interface, abstracting encoding and decoding of strings. By default, it assumes the server is using UTF-8 encoding.

If you want to restore the previous behavior, where the library just passes through the raw bytestream, there's a workaround indicated in the changelog. Let me know if that doesn't straighten things out for you or if you have additional questions.

As for the logging, I suspect that the logging level isn't set low enough to allow the messages to pass. Can you try:

irc.client.log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

in addition to what you've already specified?

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Original comment by: Jason R. Coombs

[jaraco]

ahh ok.

Logging now works thankyou. I did lower the logging threshold (logging.DEBUG) but it seems to the filehander not the actual logger.
This is mainly to catch a really annoying disconnect AND won't reconnect issue on a particular IRCD.

as to the utf-8 issue, for now I have added a very dirty try/except trap around each bot instance BUT with some additional prints while I get to the bottom of some of the new bits in this irc.

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Original comment by: jonRB

[jaraco]

Glad I could help.

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Original comment by: Jason R. Coombs