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file.tell affect decoding

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Description

BPO 26990
Nosy @vstinner, @ezio-melotti, @vadmium

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-05-10.03:34:33.687>
labels = ['expert-unicode']
title = 'file.tell affect decoding'
updated_at = <Date 2016-06-21.13:21:28.505>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/mfmain'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-06-21.13:21:28.505>
actor = 'martin.panter'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Unicode']
creation = <Date 2016-05-10.03:34:33.687>
creator = 'mfmain'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 26990
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['265224', '268994']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['vstinner', 'ezio.melotti', 'martin.panter', 'mfmain']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue26990'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

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Research direction

Start with the linked BPO issue 26990 and its two recorded messages; no source files or tests are identified in this migrated issue. Determine the intended effect of file.tell on decoding before work begins, because the payload does not define an acceptance condition or what done looks like.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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