FTR I can't remember ever seeing a UnicodeError in Python 3 that was caused by an ill-formed program. I only saw it when someone put binary shit somewhere were

FTR I can't remember ever seeing a UnicodeError in Python 3 that was caused by an ill-formed program. I only saw it when someone put binary shit somewhere were only text should be (eg. that flat text file with the page title should contain text, not an .exe) Also the distinction between binary and text is the only sane way to handle it. Everything else is simply ill-formed.