over at my work copy of the python language reference, Adrian Holovaty
asked about the exact semantics of the __str__ hook:
http://effbot.org/pyref/__str__
"The return value must be a string object." Does this mean it can be a
*Unicode* string object? This distinction is ambiguous to me because
unicode objects and string objects are both subclasses of basestring.
May a __str__() return a Unicode object?
I seem to remember earlier discussions on this topic, but don't recall when
and what. From what I can tell, __str__ may return a Unicode object, but
only if can be converted to an 8-bit string using the default encoding. Is this
on purpose or by accident? Do we have a plan for improving the situation
in future 2.X releases ?
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