[issue10974] IDLE 3.x can crash decoding recent file list

Ned Deily added the comment: Committed in py3k (r88174) for 3.2rc2, with release manager approval, and in 3.1 (r88177). -- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue10974] IDLE 3.x can crash decoding recent file list

Ned Deily added the comment: IDLE 3.x currently does not specify an explicit encoding when reading or writing the recent files list (~/.idlerc/recent-files.lst) and it defaults to "errors=strict". So IDLE 3.x is vulnerable to crashes if any of the recent files contain characters that can not