meta-pytorch / meta-pytorch/data
Changing decoding method in StreamReader
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Description
🐛 Describe the bug
Hi,
When decoding from a file stream in StreamReader, torchdata automatically assumes the incoming bytes are UTF-8. However, in the case of alternate encoding's this will error (in my case UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xec in position 3: invalid continuation byte). How do we change the decoding method to fit the particular data stream?
Versions
Versions of relevant libraries:
[pip3] mypy-extensions==0.4.3
[pip3] numpy==1.23.0
[pip3] pytorch-lightning==1.6.4
[pip3] torch==1.11.0
[pip3] torchdata==0.3.0
[pip3] torchmetrics==0.9.1
[pip3] torchvision==0.12.0
[conda] numpy 1.23.0 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] pytorch-lightning 1.6.4 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torch 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torchdata 0.3.0 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torchmetrics 0.9.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torchvision 0.12.0 pypi_0 pypi
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by locating the StreamReader entry point and trace where file-stream bytes are decoded as UTF-8. Check existing StreamReader tests, if present, and define completion as supporting the requested alternate encoding without raising the reported UnicodeDecodeError.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
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- Estimated time
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