[Python-Dev] Re: unicode: strange exception (part 2)

[Fredrik Lundh]

I wrote:

> >>> "!" in ("a", None)
> 0
> >>> u"!" in ("a", None)
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: expected a character buffer object

with the latest version, I get:

>>> "!" in ("a", None)
0
>>> u"!" in ("a", None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or charbuffer

is this really an improvement?

looks like writing code that works with any kind of strings
will be harder than I thought...

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