Bug of the Day: :issue:`19957` ============================== So, now that we've solidified what values :class:`~email.message.Message`._payload can hold, we can do some simplifications. Thanks to Vajrasky Kok for pointing out, in :issue:`19957`, a simplification in :func:`~email.encoders.encode_7or8bit`, and to Serhiy Storchaka for pointing out an additional simplification in that same function. The elimination of the special case for ISO-2022 is especially welcome, as special cases are notoriously fragile. I tried to eliminate it once before, but at that time the model was still a bit inconsistent, so there were cases where ISO-2022 would fail to be encoded correctly. With the recent change to set_payload, this should no longer be a problem.