[Bug python/10705] New: python traceback on bad string character decoding

["mjw at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora (6.8.50.20090302-38.fc11)

In the middle of printing a c++ class which contained a (uninitialized/bad)
string value I got the following python backtrace:
          module_name = Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gdb/libstdcxx/v6/printers.py",
line 453, in to_string
            return self.val['_M_dataplus']['_M_p'].string(encoding)
          File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
            return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
        UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x80 in position 0:
unexpected code byte
It would be much nicer if it would just say <can't decode string> or something
similar.

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           Summary: python traceback on bad string character decoding
           Product: gdb
           Version: archer
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: python
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org
        ReportedBy: mjw at redhat dot com
                CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10705

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