Failure is not an option. Raise an exception.

nutechsoftware · Apr 14, 2018 · cf9ed59 · cf9ed59
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commit cf9ed59
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diff --git a/alarmdecoder/decoder.py b/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
@@ -415,7 +415,10 @@ def _handle_message(self, data):
         :returns: :py:class:`~alarmdecoder.messages.Message`
         """
 
-        data = data.decode('utf-8')
+        try:
+            data = data.decode('utf-8')
+        except:
+            raise InvalidMessageError('Decode failed for message: {0}'.format(data))
 
         if data is not None:
             data = data.lstrip('\0')