[ python-Bugs-1758804 ] unicode(None,charset) raise TypeError

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Bugs item #1758804, was opened at 2007-07-23 10:39
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Category: Unicode
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Guillaume (guillaumb)
Assigned to: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Summary: unicode(None,charset) raise TypeError

Initial Comment:
Behavior of unicode() builtin is not the same with None as the first argument if we give  the second optional argument.

>>> unicode(None)
u'None'
>>> unicode(None,'ascii')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

This is confusing.


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