UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode byte 0x5c in position 8191: \ at end of string

[anmyachev]

BPO	45461
Nosy	@vstinner, @ezio-melotti, @serhiy-storchaka, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-45461: Fix IncrementalDecoder and StreamReader in the "unicode-escape" codec #28939 [3.10] bpo-45461: Fix IncrementalDecoder and StreamReader in the "unicode-escape" codec (GH-28939) #28943 [3.9] bpo-45461: Fix IncrementalDecoder and StreamReader in the "unicode-escape" codec (GH-28939) #28945
Files	test.py: test.py - reproducer

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assignee = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'
closed_at = <Date 2021-10-14.17:51:53.099>
created_at = <Date 2021-10-13.14:31:37.358>
labels = ['3.10', 'type-bug', '3.9', 'expert-unicode', '3.11']
title = "UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode byte 0x5c in position 8191: \\ at end of string"
updated_at = <Date 2021-10-14.17:51:53.099>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/anmyachev'

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activity = <Date 2021-10-14.17:51:53.099>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'serhiy.storchaka'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2021-10-14.17:51:53.099>
closer = 'serhiy.storchaka'
components = ['Unicode']
creation = <Date 2021-10-13.14:31:37.358>
creator = 'anmyachev'
dependencies = []
files = ['50354']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 45461
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['403837', '403838', '403840', '403848', '403892', '403919', '403920']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['vstinner', 'ezio.melotti', 'mrabarnett', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'miss-islington', 'anmyachev']
pr_nums = ['28939', '28943', '28945']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45461'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

[anmyachev]

Expected behavior - if read() function works correctly, then readline() should also works.

Reproducer in file - just run: python test.py.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 11, in <module>
    f.readline()
  File "C:\Users\amyachev\Miniconda3\envs\modin\lib\encodings\unicode_escape.py", line 26, in decode
    return codecs.unicode_escape_decode(input, self.errors)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode byte 0x5c in position 8191: \ at end of string

[vstinner]

Can you please try write a simpler (shorter) reproducer?

[anmyachev]

Hello!

I can reduce it a little.
The buffer shoudln't be decreased, as it seems there is a some kind relation with the buffer size for IO operations.

buffer = b'col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6\\r\\n0,2000-01-01,0,00:00:00,DuBFsyerJU,1809.3924826424557\\r\\n10,2000-01-01,10,01:00:00,AlwGHbVPpB,2853.2392617952996\\r\\n20,2000-01-01,20,02:00:00,TEkGgsYXYz,9933.278931158615\\r\\n30,2000-01-01,30,03:00:00,tfvnynVSfp,8574.917426248916\\r\\n40,2000-01-01,40,04:00:00,YOGjhztMWe,3768.71871233428\\r\\n50,2000-01-01,50,05:00:00,vkTOJSeQmU,6330.252072351792\\r\\n60,2000-01-01,60,06:00:00,LeolDfaGyv,5052.618993456892\\r\\n70,2000-01-01,70,07:00:00,OcyrbYVtyr,4287.371622852719\\r\\n80,2000-01-01,80,08:00:00,VUwDPNhcFV,3589.697826814614\\r\\n90,2000-01-01,90,09:00:00,KOadtzcNyK,4794.158259020925\\r\\n100,2000-01-01,100,10:00:00,rdSOjXJBWC,8826.736894397129\\r\\n110,2000-01-01,110,11:00:00,qzwVBOklhk,8086.105782454443\\r\\n120,2000-01-01,120,12:00:00,UTRlqVfKoD,1012.5061461339624\\r\\n130,2000-01-01,130,13:00:00,wKqEkRhkfw,2511.3137510933934\\r\\n140,2000-01-01,140,14:00:00,LxklWJbgxo,406.7116346419042\\r\\n150,2000-01-01,150,15:00:00,SxmZkdUgHv,8424.978062284761\\r\\n160,2000-01-01,160,16:00:00,nEvzypASGb,9890.252156059063\\r\\n170,2000-01-01,170,17:00:00,xiFkkjoDPB,2728.8359201479675\\r\\n180,2000-01-01,180,18:00:00,boMmgpBXgL,4231.680208002166\\r\\n190,2000-01-01,190,19:00:00,dXLJXWiXZI,7757.44902751916\\r\\n200,2000-01-01,200,20:00:00,PBdjwKoCMD,4915.090357003991\\r\\n210,2000-01-01,210,21:00:00,zGWLALpmoA,359.5243650158153\\r\\n220,2000-01-01,220,22:00:00,CfpZJoOqGZ,704.7990862762942\\r\\n230,2000-01-01,230,23:00:00,DrkxpLhpEN,520.3290677592321\\r\\n240,2000-01-02,240,00:00:00,TDKEBbZAzQ,5218.671660857721\\r\\n250,2000-01-02,250,01:00:00,gULwzvNeWO,4218.66872701774\\r\\n260,2000-01-02,260,02:00:00,ogSyzHWmNY,9026.657391329585\\r\\n270,2000-01-02,270,03:00:00,NetmmthtzN,2027.8312539582244\\r\\n280,2000-01-02,280,04:00:00,PoYiHipTzR,7667.627476518046\\r\\n290,2000-01-02,290,05:00:00,MjHIRGmsoq,4144.001792539834\\r\\n300,2000-01-02,300,06:00:00,qESRSNnNnO,5348.024681284471\\r\\n310,2000-01-02,310,07:00:00,sSIjcXWhLC,3622.4673907599413\\r\\n320,2000-01-02,320,08:00:00,IvjrlljbeB,7500.419388155823\\r\\n330,2000-01-02,330,09:00:00,aVWVRXZjZy,3686.5972529264213\\r\\n340,2000-01-02,340,10:00:00,QKeTjcNlCG,1228.9751449454411\\r\\n350,2000-01-02,350,11:00:00,phEdHCVsbe,4254.15983968718\\r\\n360,2000-01-02,360,12:00:00,ursHJjQxRK,6099.131673115221\\r\\n370,2000-01-02,370,13:00:00,JvjcRlYcYG,1503.3586866746164\\r\\n380,2000-01-02,380,14:00:00,gzCyqHPRRb,7816.898213939008\\r\\n390,2000-01-02,390,15:00:00,lQZmobRwzt,8295.113759829599\\r\\n400,2000-01-02,400,16:00:00,qspiYGfTou,1987.8215069414816\\r\\n410,2000-01-02,410,17:00:00,mcqWMMzomf,15.878728570531964\\r\\n420,2000-01-02,420,18:00:00,fiPsxulpGU,5380.485947841902\\r\\n430,2000-01-02,430,19:00:00,gTAyTkpeez,4720.7159908343565\\r\\n440,2000-01-02,440,20:00:00,hzFbhAPvFX,946.5797295044975\\r\\n450,2000-01-02,450,21:00:00,NYNcYxsyVl,7333.850198973723\\r\\n460,2000-01-02,460,22:00:00,wvgMmIxLzo,7399.341315026157\\r\\n470,2000-01-02,470,23:00:00,bZoyzAGgEC,5464.053510955946\\r\\n480,2000-01-03,480,00:00:00,jZNaceUYyr,1390.8829937709977\\r\\n490,2000-01-03,490,01:00:00,sbfLgcCpru,9626.900131786555\\r\\n500,2000-01-03,500,02:00:00,MHpAkHfnmV,9406.471079089133\\r\\n510,2000-01-03,510,03:00:00,ENdFBGtRCq,3740.8773019724517\\r\\n520,2000-01-03,520,04:00:00,FzqXhMLHLY,4270.3585910905\\r\\n530,2000-01-03,530,05:00:00,wWinjEGhAj,8548.152649813675\\r\\n540,2000-01-03,540,06:00:00,LcxAImCvxt,4097.693176523874\\r\\n550,2000-01-03,550,07:00:00,sDhzGBYKpt,1673.7466277500146\\r\\n560,2000-01-03,560,08:00:00,jhagjcZhGU,4103.702089490347\\r\\n570,2000-01-03,570,09:00:00,ZIkRwPWyWP,9368.662605679918\\r\\n580,2000-01-03,580,10:00:00,uphgoCQwZY,3321.0096306747137\\r\\n590,2000-01-03,590,11:00:00,jEKaqqScLF,8442.084614664149\\r\\n600,2000-01-03,600,12:00:00,kSIJFBHVnL,4065.19226287942\\r\\n610,2000-01-03,610,13:00:00,YRhoANskYn,5089.668482943252\\r\\n620,2000-01-03,620,14:00:00,SnlwCSdkWf,5738.46737129545\\r\\n630,2000-01-03,630,15:00:00,ANfpLOiJTV,393.77545256928823\\r\\n640,2000-01-03,640,16:00:00,DUxigzNtLz,6798.725575133883\\r\\n650,2000-01-03,650,17:00:00,jaJECwmWTY,5178.597327486391\\r\\n660,2000-01-03,660,18:00:00,tzrWZLSELo,7467.995039288831\\r\\n670,2000-01-03,670,19:00:00,rbUWLCKjeV,4013.698847016407\\r\\n680,2000-01-03,680,20:00:00,JKFAZgEkja,1538.6412971598695\\r\\n690,2000-01-03,690,21:00:00,uEomQhtneK,2849.6558284053976\\r\\n700,2000-01-03,700,22:00:00,VNqwqzfgXT,6756.852702484582\\r\\n710,2000-01-03,710,23:00:00,YzYqAlWMKn,9250.2543956494\\r\\n720,2000-01-04,720,00:00:00,VBrvxVqNpT,7430.930594705144\\r\\n730,2000-01-04,730,01:00:00,KxgdYwiVtl,1190.2548337790097\\r\\n740,2000-01-04,740,02:00:00,oPUENybUiS,247.4663426770396\\r\\n750,2000-01-04,750,03:00:00,bgpLfCsNrU,6472.8593061097\\r\\n760,2000-01-04,760,04:00:00,xmRUnIzNOL,5791.031151521782\\r\\n770,2000-01-04,770,05:00:00,SsYMDEINvO,347.35344936110636\\r\\n780,2000-01-04,780,06:00:00,XuorBLXsEt,9003.971751685769\\r\\n790,2000-01-04,790,07:00:00,jRYnFPYRKE,858.8836157464275\\r\\n800,2000-01-04,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with open("bug_csv.csv", "wb") as f:
    f.write(buffer)

with open("bug_csv.csv", encoding="unicode_escape", newline="") as f:
    f.readline()

[mrabarnett]

It can be shortened to this:

buffer = b"a" * 8191 + b"\\r\\n"

with open("bug_csv.csv", "wb") as f:
    f.write(buffer)

with open("bug_csv.csv", encoding="unicode_escape", newline="") as f:
    f.readline()

To me it looks like it's reading in blocks of 8K and then decoding them, but it isn't correctly handling an escape sequence that happens to cross a block boundary.