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Michael Montano commented on THRIFT-395: ---------------------------------------- i agree that it's best to do something about this issue rather than continuing to debate about it. +1 to applying jonathan's patch and opening a new issue. > Python library + compiler does not support unicode strings > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: THRIFT-395 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-395 > Project: Thrift > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Compiler (Python), Library (Python) > Reporter: Jonathan Ellis > Assignee: Jonathan Ellis > Fix For: 0.4 > > Attachments: > 0001-python-Minor-cleanup-of-protocols-don-t-use-str.patch, > 0002-THRIFT-395.-python-Phase-One-of-support-for-unicode.patch, > 0003-THRIFT-395.-python-Phase-Two-of-support-for-unicode.patch, > 0004-python-Remove-ridiculous-semicolons-from-gen-code.patch, > python-utf8-v2.patch, python-utf8.patch > > > Effectively, all strings in the python bindings are treated as binary strings > -- no encoding/decoding to UTF-8 is done. So if a unicode object is passed > to a (regular, non-binary) string, an exception is raised. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.