#24211: Add RFC6532 support to the email library.

This could use more edge case tests, but the basic functionality is tested.
(Note that this changeset does not add tailored support for the RFC 6532
message/global MIME type, but the email package generic facilities will handle
it.)

Reviewed by Maciej Szulik.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
index a9bdf4458b6..f264191dc4a 100644
--- a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
@@ -320,17 +320,18 @@ class TokenList(list):
         return ''.join(res)
 
     def _fold(self, folded):
+        encoding = 'utf-8' if folded.policy.utf8 else 'ascii'
         for part in self.parts:
             tstr = str(part)
             tlen = len(tstr)
             try:
-                str(part).encode('us-ascii')
+                str(part).encode(encoding)
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 if any(isinstance(x, errors.UndecodableBytesDefect)
                         for x in part.all_defects):
                     charset = 'unknown-8bit'
                 else:
-                    # XXX: this should be a policy setting
+                    # XXX: this should be a policy setting when utf8 is False.
                     charset = 'utf-8'
                 tstr = part.cte_encode(charset, folded.policy)
                 tlen = len(tstr)
@@ -394,11 +395,12 @@ class UnstructuredTokenList(TokenList):
 
     def _fold(self, folded):
         last_ew = None
+        encoding = 'utf-8' if folded.policy.utf8 else 'ascii'
         for part in self.parts:
             tstr = str(part)
             is_ew = False
             try:
-                str(part).encode('us-ascii')
+                str(part).encode(encoding)
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 if any(isinstance(x, errors.UndecodableBytesDefect)
                        for x in part.all_defects):
@@ -475,12 +477,13 @@ class Phrase(TokenList):
         # comment that becomes a barrier across which we can't compose encoded
         # words.
         last_ew = None
+        encoding = 'utf-8' if folded.policy.utf8 else 'ascii'
         for part in self.parts:
             tstr = str(part)
             tlen = len(tstr)
             has_ew = False
             try:
-                str(part).encode('us-ascii')
+                str(part).encode(encoding)
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 if any(isinstance(x, errors.UndecodableBytesDefect)
                         for x in part.all_defects):