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DOC: Amend robustness documentation (#2479)
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1. Remove mention of the deprecated PdfMerger.
2. Remove reference to the non-existent PdfWriter strict parameter.
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j-t-1 committed Feb 27, 2024
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pypdf gives you the option to be strict or not.

pypdf has three core objects and all of them have a `strict` parameter:
pypdf has two core objects:

* [`PdfReader`](../modules/PdfReader.md)
* [`PdfWriter`](../modules/PdfWriter.md)
* [`PdfMerger`](../modules/PdfMerger.md)

Only the PdfReader has a `strict` parameter, since presumably you do not want
to write a non-conforming PDF.

Choosing `strict=True` means that pypdf will raise an exception if a PDF does
not follow the specification.

Choosing `strict=False` means that pypdf will try to be forgiving and do
something reasonable, but it will log a warning message. It is a best-effort
approach.
approach.

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