[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
neo gurb added the comment:
In file ConfigParser.py, def write, replace line
key = " = ".join((key, str(value).replace('\n', '\n\t')))
by
key = " = ".join((key, str(value).decode('utf-8').replace('\n', '\n\t')))
Tested in Windows7 and Ubuntu 15.04.
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[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
Eugene Klimov added the comment:
some workaround
import configparser
import codecs
cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
cfg.write(codecs.open('filename','wb+','utf-8'))
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[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
Łukasz Langa luk...@langa.pl added the comment: the_isz, for serious Unicode support you might try using the configparser 3.2 backport: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/configparser -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
the_isz the_...@gmx.de added the comment: Thanks for the hint, Łukasz, but like I stated earlier, I already worked around this problem by using the json module instead. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
the_isz the_...@gmx.de added the comment: Well, the only thing I can add to this is that the json module (which I ended up using) supports unicode with no problem. So I think the argument that most of the standard library in 2.x assumes bytestrings is a bit... shaky. Other than that, I can follow your reasoning and will just hope that all my needed external libraries will soon make it to python 3 so I don't have to fight such inconsistencies anymore :) -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
Łukasz Langa luk...@langa.pl added the comment: As another core dev aptly said, most standard library Unicode support is probably accidental. As for `json`, this is one of the newest additions to stdlib, introduced in Python 2.6 (released at the same time as Python 3.0). Not the best example if you compare it to libraries that were added in 1.5 or so. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
STINNER Victor victor.stin...@haypocalc.com added the comment: I think it is more a question of is this an easy fix? or would it require extensive changes to support unicode properly. First of all, the question is: who would like to develop it. You can vote for an issue, but it doesn't change anything if you don't find a developer to implement your idea :-) Anyway, try to use Python everywhere in Python 2 is a waste of time. The work has already been done in Python 3, and it's much easier to use Unicode in Python 3, just because everything uses Unicode (exceptions, filenames, file content, modules, etc.). -- nosy: +haypo ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
STINNER Victor victor.stin...@haypocalc.com added the comment: Anyway, try to use Python everywhere in Python 2 is a waste of time. Oh... I mean use Unicode in Python 2 -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
Łukasz Langa luk...@langa.pl added the comment: In my opinion we should unfortunately close this with WONTFIX because: * adding a feature in a point release is not an option * this may be poorly documented but most of the standard library in 2.x assumes bytestrings (and fails with Unicode strings). Same goes for instance for csv. * storing encoded data internally enables for direct reading and writing to compatible files * having Unicode instead requires the possibility to specify an `encoding` parameter to read* and write* methods. I added this parameter in 3.2 exactly for this reason. So, unless I missed something obvious and there's more discussion, I am closing this issue next week. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment: No, the need for an encoding parameter for read/write makes it unambiguous that it is indeed a feature. -- resolution: - wont fix status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
New submission from the_isz the_...@gmx.de: Hey everyone, I'm having issues writing unicode strings with ConfigParser.write. I don't know if this is python's fault or my own but I couldn't find help on this, neither by googling, nor by asking on the python irc channels. Attached to this description I'll add an example script reproducing the error and hope that someone will enlighten me on what I'm doing wrong. It seems that this only occurs in python2, doing the same with python3 (omitting the u before the unicode string), everything works fine. Thanks in advance! -- components: Extension Modules files: test.py messages: 131339 nosy: the_isz priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file21280/test.py ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment: str(u\u0411) Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u0411' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) So, clearly configparser in 2.x doesn't support unicode. Now the question is, is this a bug or would adding support be a feature? (If the latter it can't be fixed in 2.7.) I'll leave the answer to that question up to Lucaz. -- assignee: - lukasz.langa nosy: +lukasz.langa, r.david.murray ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com added the comment: Now the question is, is this a bug or would adding support be a feature? That may be a good question for python-dev. Since ConfigParser is a very old module, if there were a pressing need, we probably would have heard about it before now. -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment: Well, python3 is probably pushing some people to try to add better unicode support to their python2 versions. I think it is more a question of is this an easy fix? or would it require extensive changes to support unicode properly. If it is easy (ie: it is really just a bug in configparser's string handling) I don't see a downside to fixing it. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com added the comment: It's also a question of adding a feature to a point release. If dev's relied on the new feature, they would also have to test for version 2.7.1. We usually try to avoid that (after a minor fiasco with booleans many years ago). -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue11597] Can't get ConfigParser.write to write unicode strings
R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment: I understand what you are saying, and I thought about that, too; but you could say the same thing about any bug fix that makes code work that didn't work before, yet we don't. So I guess you are right that it should be discussed on python-dev. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Georg Brandl ge...@python.org added the comment: My vote would be that this is a new feature and therefore uneligible for 2.x. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11597 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
