"Exploding" (**myvariable) a dict with unicode keys

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1038.1243986288.8015.python-list at python.org>,
Samuel Wan  <sam at samuelwan.com> wrote:
>
>I started using python last week and ran into exceptions thrown when
>unicode dictionary keys are exploded into function arguments. In my
>case, decoded json dictionaries did not work as function arguments.
>There was a thread from Oct 2008
>(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/python/684379) about the
>same problem. Here is my workaround:

When posting to threads like this, please make sure to specify which
version(s) of Python you're using -- this is a Python 2.x issue.
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