Hunter wrote:
> I've narrowed the problem down to a simple test program. Check this out:
>
> ---
>
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> acceptable = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzóíñú" # this line will work
> acceptable = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzóíñúá" # this line won't
[bad words stripped]
this should read
acceptable = u"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzóíñú"
acceptable = u"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzóíñúá"
Mind the little "u" before the string, which makes it a unicode string instead
of an encoded byte string.
http://docs.python.org/tut/node5.html#SECTION005130000000000000000
Stefan
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