Subject: python-dictclient is not unicode aware
Package: python-dictclient
Version: 1.0.3.1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Unicode strings cannot be used in queries, and there is no workaround for the
problem.
{{{
connection = dictclient.Connection()
test = "\u00e9"
connection.match("*", "exact", test)
}}}
The error message is:
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xe9' in position 0:
ordinal not in range(128)
Best, Balazs
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages python-dictclient depends on:
ii python 2.5.4-2 An interactive high-level object-
o
ii python-central 0.6.11 register and build utility for
Pyt
python-dictclient recommends no packages.
Versions of packages python-dictclient suggests:
ii dictd 1.11.1+dfsg-3 dictionary server
Common subdirectories: dictclient-1.0.3/debian and dictclient-1.0.3-uc/debian
diff dictclient-1.0.3/dictclient.py dictclient-1.0.3-uc/dictclient.py
48,49c48,49
< self.rfile = self.sock.makefile("rt")
< self.wfile = self.sock.makefile("wt", 0)
---
> self.rfile = self.sock.makefile("rb")
> self.wfile = self.sock.makefile("wb", 0)
56c56
< line = self.rfile.readline().strip()
---
> line = self.rfile.readline().strip().decode("utf-8")
75c75
< line = self.rfile.readline().strip()
---
> line = self.rfile.readline().strip().decode("utf-8")
166c166
< self.wfile.write(command + "\n")
---
> self.wfile.write((command + "\n").encode("utf-8"))
