[Python-Dev] __str__ vs. __unicode__

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Jan 19 16:04:29 CET 2005


On Wed, Jan 19, 2005, Walter D?rwald wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> 
>>Maybe the string case is the real problem ... :-)
> 
> At least it seems that the string case is the exception.
> So if we fix __str__ this would be a bugfix for 2.4.1.

Nope.  Unless you're claiming the __str__ behavior is new in 2.4?
(Haven't been following the thread closely.)
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