[issue9779] argparse.ArgumentParser not support unicode in print help

[gkraser]

New submission from gkraser <gkraser at gmail.com>:

argparse.ArgumentParser not support unicode in print help.

Example:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import argparse
import unittest

class Test1(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_unicode_desc(self):
        h = u'Rus Рус'      # unicode
        print h             # ok
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=h)
        parser.print_help() # error

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components: Library (Lib)
files: test_ap.py
messages: 115630
nosy: gkraser
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: argparse.ArgumentParser not support unicode in print help
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18757/test_ap.py

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