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

Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:29:03 -0800

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

Project: Python
Category: Unicode
Status: Open
Resolution: Later
Bug Group: Feature Request
Priority: 3
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: 2001-Jan-16 18:29
By: fdrake

Comment:
Lowered priority to reflect my previous comments; I don't think I'll have
time to do this for Python 2.1.
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Date: 2001-Jan-10 08:07
By: fdrake

Comment:
Status:  Jim said I can work on it, but the priority isn't very high for
him.
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Date: 2001-Jan-07 19:56
By: fdrake

Comment:
Ok, ok, ok... I've sent a prod to appropriate people.  This *should* be
interesting to have done.
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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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