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People on twitter suggest the reason could be a feature of a Python library: https://twitter.com/TvdW/status/741481798014664704 https://twitter.com/TvdW/status/

• sirn 10y ago
  Relevant code from the `email` module. Python 2.7: https://hg.python.org/releasing/2.7.9/file/tip/Lib/email/message.py#l296 https://hg.python.org/releasing/2.7.9/file/tip/Lib/email/mes... Python 3.4: https://hg.python.org/releasing/3.4/file/tip/Lib/email/message.py#l388 https://hg.python.org/releasing/3.4/file/tip/Lib/email/messa... Ouch.
• Cyph0n 10y ago
  It was confirmed by Josh, co-founder of Let's Encrypt: https://twitter.com/0xjosh/status/741487697059946497 https://twitter.com/0xjosh/status/741487697059946497.
• Gigablah 10y ago
  This looks like it belongs in a "fractal of bad design" article.