[Python-bugs-list] Unicode and % operator (PR#281)

[M.-A. Lemburg]

larsga@garshol.priv.no wrote:
> 
> Full_Name: Lars Marius Garshol
> Version: 1.6a1
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: epsilon.opera.no (195.0.254.101)
> 
> It seems that when doing 'a % b' where a is a normal string and b is a
> Unicode string, the result will be a normal string where b appears
> UTF-8-encoded. IMHO this is the Wrong Thing, since Unicode strings should
> always appear as Unicode unless the code explicitly requests something
> else.
> 
> Also, this differs from the behaviour of the corresponding approach using
> +.
> 
> The interpreter dialog below should explain.
> 
> [larsga@lambda Python-1.6a1]$ ./python
> Python 1.6a1 (#1, Apr  7 2000, 09:29:32)  [GCC 2.8.1] on linux2
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> s1 = unichr(4312)
> >>> s1
> u'\u10D8'
> >>> s2 = "This is a "
> >>> s3 = " text"
> >>> s2 + s1 + s3
> u'This is a \u10D8 text'
> >>> "This is a %s text" % s1
> 'This is a \341\203\230 text'
> >>> u"This is a %s text" % s1
> u'This is a \u10D8 text'
> >>>

Thanks for noticing this one... it will be fixed in the next
alpha round.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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