<html><head><style type="text/css" media="screen">Body{font-family: Verdana;font-size:.75em;}h4{font-size:.9em;}a{color: #3a62a6;}.digest .toc {margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom:8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;}.digest .tocItem {margin-bottom: 15px;}.tocItem a{color:#000;text-decoration: none;}.tocItem a:hover{color: #3a62a6;text-decoration: underline;}.topic{padding-bottom: 8px;margin-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;}.topicHeader{margin-bottom:10px;}.topicTitle{font-weight: bold;}.replies p{margin:0;padding:0;}.replies hr{width: 15%;text-align: left;margin: 0 auto 5px 0;border: none 0;border-top: 1px solid #ccc;height: 1px;}.reply{margin-bottom: 6px;padding-bottom: 4px;}.anchorMarker{color: #3a62a6;}.footer{color: gray;}</style></head><body><div class="digest"><p>Hi ironpython,</p><p>Here's your Daily Digest of new issues for project "<a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/">IronPython</a>".</p><p>In today's digest:</p><h4>ISSUES</h4><div class="toc"><div class="tocItem"><a href="#toc_issue_1">1. <span class="tocTitle">[New comment] str() or unicode() setting up unicode string, exception occurs.</span> <span class="anchorMarker">↓</span></a></div></div><h4>ISSUES</h4><div class="topic"><a name="toc_issue_1"></a><div class="topicHeader"><span class="topicTitle">1. [New comment] str() or unicode() setting up unicode string, exception occurs.</span> <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/15372">view online</a></div><p>User paweljasinski has commented on the issue:</p><p>"<p>I think this is no longer an issue. <br>The following:<br>```<br>a='A'<br>print unicode(a)<br>print str(a)<br>print "-"*20</p><p>a=u'\uff21'<br>print unicode(a)<br>print str(a)<br>```<br>produces:<br>```<br>A<br>A<br>--------------------<br>A<br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br> File "test_cp15372.py", line 8, in <module><br>UnicodeEncodeError: ('unknown', '\x00', 0, 1, '')<br>```</p><p>which is consistent with cpython.<br>I also think I have nailed the origin of the obfuscated message.</p>"</p></div><div class="footer"><p>You are receiving this email because you subscribed to notifications on CodePlex.</p><p>To report a bug, request a feature, or add a comment, visit <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic">IronPython Issue Tracker</a>. You can <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/subscriptions/workitem/project/edit">unsubscribe or change your issue notification settings</a> on CodePlex.com.</p></div></div></body></html>