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Author	jgsack
Recipients	jgsack, loewis
Date	2007-10-22.01:03:24
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Message-id	<1193015004.73.0.0232656348814.issue1308@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Here's more: >>> unicode(object) u"<type 'object'>" There seems to be an call to repr() somewhere in the process. This seems, at least to me, to violate the principle of least surprise, and I'm thinking that unicode(x) ought to return UnicodeDecodeError if x is not a string. Maybe this is argueable. If so, I'd like to be educated. :-) Regards, ..jim

Here's more:

>>> unicode(object)
u"<type 'object'>"

There seems to be an call to repr() somewhere in the process.

This seems, at least to me, to violate the principle of least surprise, and 
I'm thinking that unicode(x) ought to return UnicodeDecodeError if x is not 
a string. 

Maybe this is argueable. If so, I'd like to be educated. :-)

Regards,
..jim

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Date	User	Action	Args
2007-10-22 01:03:25	jgsack	set	spambayes_score: 0.158915 -> 0.158915 recipients: + jgsack, loewis
2007-10-22 01:03:24	jgsack	set	spambayes_score: 0.158915 -> 0.158915 messageid: <1193015004.73.0.0232656348814.issue1308@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2007-10-22 01:03:24	jgsack	create