[Python-Dev] urllib.quote and unicode bug resuscitation attempt

[Stefan Rank]

on 12.07.2006 07:53 Martin v. Löwis said the following:
> Anthony Baxter wrote:
>>> The right thing to do is IRIs. 
>> For 2.5, should we at least detect that it's unicode and raise a 
>> useful error?
> 
> That can certainly be done, sure.
> 
> Martin

That would be great.

And I agree that updating urllib.quote for unicode should be part of a 
grand plan that updates all of urllib[2] and introduces an irilib / 
urischemes / uriparse module in 2.6 as Martin and John J Lee suggested.
  =)

cheers,
stefan