Bugs item #1555842, was opened at 2006-09-10 16:04 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1555842&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Manlio Perillo (manlioperillo) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: email package and Unicode strings handling Initial Comment: The support for Unicode strings in the email package (notably MIMEText and Header class) is not uniform. The behaviour with Unicode strings in Header is documented but the interface is not good. This code works, but it should not: >>> h = Header.Header(u"àèìòù", charset="us-ascii") >>> m = Message.Message() >>> m["Subject"] = h >>> print m.as_string() Allowing this to work can cause confusion, I'm saying that the charset is us-ascii, not utf-8. With MIMEText I obtain: m = MIMEText.MIMEText(u"àèìòù", _charset="us-ascii") >>> print m.as_string() [ exception ] I think that the correct behaviour (for all functions accepting strings) is: - Do not accept plain str strings (8-bit). Accept only if they are plain ascii (7-bit). - The charset specified should not be considered an hint, but the charset I want to be used. Regards Manlio Perillo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1555842&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
