[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #116388] cStringIO rejects Unicode strings

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Bug #116388, was updated on 2000-Oct-08 17:42
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Modules
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: Feature Request
Priority: 5
Submitted by: prescod
Assigned to : fdrake
Summary: cStringIO rejects Unicode strings

Details: >>> import cStringIO
>>> s=cStringIO.StringIO(u"abcdefgh")
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in ?
    s=cStringIO.StringIO(u"abcdefgh")
TypeError: expected string, unicode found


Follow-Ups:

Date: 2000-Dec-12 13:00
By: gvanrossum

Comment:
Assigned to Fred -- maybe you can prod Jim into looking into this.
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Date: 2000-Oct-09 01:34
By: lemburg

Comment:
I've marked this as feature request since making the standard
lib Unicode compatible is a post-2.0 project (probably a good
one for 2.1).

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