TypeError: decoding to str: need a bytes-like object, int found

[codyc1515]

There is code present to convert any non-Str values passed in into Str; however, I don't think this part of the code can ever be reached. Example:

>>> from slugify import slugify
>>> slugify(123)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\CodyC\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\slugify\slugify.py", line 95, in slugify
    text = str(text, 'utf-8', 'ignore')
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: decoding to str: need a bytes-like object, int found

>>> slugify('123')
'123'

[un33k]

Ah, the good old days when this module lacked typings and supported both Python 2.7 and 3+. Now, with the typing of text: str, it's required that the caller passes in a string.

Some parts of the code might need pruning; however, the module is very stable. Rocking the boat is not part of the plan moving forward. Thanks.

[codyc1515]

No problem. It seems like this module always fails if passed a non-Str, so I think we can remove that code then?

[un33k]

Next time around ..

[un33k]

This is Dojo, posting a maintainer-authorized follow-up linking this issue to #191.

Unsupported input types receive a clear TypeError; UTF-8 bytes and bytearray remain supported.

The default algorithm remains legacy; improved output rules are opt-in. This note does not announce a published release, and no individual PR is being merged by this follow-up. Thank you for the contribution and discussion.

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