Merge pull request #10 from ecmwf/bug/unicode-decode-error

More permissive utf-8 decoding for error strings from the C++ side.
ecmwf · Oct 10, 2024 · f0686ad · f0686ad
2 parents 834609b + bb6b928
commit f0686ad
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diff --git a/pyfdb/pyfdb.py b/pyfdb/pyfdb.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def wrapped_fn(*args, **kwargs):
             retval = fn(*args, **kwargs)
             if retval != self.__lib.FDB_SUCCESS and retval != self.__lib.FDB_ITERATION_COMPLETE:
                 error_str = "Error in function {}: {}".format(
-                    name, ffi.string(self.__lib.fdb_error_string(retval)).decode()
+                    name, ffi.string(self.__lib.fdb_error_string(retval)).decode("utf-8", "backslashreplace")
                 )
                 raise FDBException(error_str)
             return retval