fix #20; replace invalid unicode chars instead of raising UnicodeDeco…

…deError
ValvePython · Jul 26, 2019 · b287bd0 · b287bd0
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commit b287bd0
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/vdf/__init__.py b/vdf/__init__.py
@@ -300,14 +300,14 @@ def read_string(s, idx, wide=False):
             raise SyntaxError("Unterminated cstring, index: %d" % idx)
         result = s[idx:end]
         if wide:
-            result = result.decode('utf-16')
+            result = result.decode('utf-16', 'replace')
         elif bytes is not str:
-            result = result.decode('utf-8')
+            result = result.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
         else:
             try:
                 result.decode('ascii')
             except:
-                result = result.decode('utf-8')
+                result = result.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
         return result, end + (2 if wide else 1)
 
     stack = [mapper()]