[python-win32] UnicodeEncodeError getting Query String Data from ActiveX Scripting engine in classic asp

[Mark Hammond]

On 1/07/2011 12:57 PM, Chris Lambacher wrote:
...

> Maybe there should be a __unicode__ method on the class? Maybe __str__
> should set an explicit encoding?
>
> Something like:
>
> 	def __unicode__(self):
> 		try:
> 			return unicode(self.__call__())
> 		except pythoncom.com_error, details:
> 			if details.hresult not in ERRORS_BAD_CONTEXT:
> 				raise
> 			return self.__repr__()

Yeah, that should exist - it does exist for makepy generated objects, 
just not dynamic ones.  I'll add this.

> 	def __str__(self):
> 		return unicode(self).encode('utf-8')

I don't think this is the correct answer though due to the lack of 
precedent in other Python objects.  Fortunately this all becomes moot in 
py3k.

Cheers,

Mark