Merge branch 'master' into sipb

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / pythonproxy-utf8_again.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/pythonproxy-utf8_again.mdwn b/doc/bugs/pythonproxy-utf8_again.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/pythonproxy-utf8_again.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/pythonproxy-utf8_again.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [[!template  id=gitbranch branch=chrysn/more-proxy-utf8-fail author="[[chrysn]]"]]
+[[!template id=gitbranch author="[[chrysn]], [[smcv]]" branch=smcv/ready/more-proxy-utf8-fail
+  browse=http://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/smcv/ikiwiki.git/shortlog/refs/heads/ready/more-proxy-utf8-fail]]
 
 the recently introduced fixes for [[crashes in the python proxy even if disabled]]
 caused the typical python2 implicit conversion failures ("'ascii' codec
@@ -18,17 +20,17 @@ patch.
 > update 2014-06-29: the problem persists, but i found it is not trivial to
 > reproduce. to demonstrate, use this test plugin:
 >
->    #!/usr/bin/env python
->    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
->    
->    from proxy import IkiWikiProcedureProxy
->    
->    def preprocess(self, proxy, *args):
->        return repr(self.rpc('pagetype', 'schön'))
->    
->    proxy = IkiWikiProcedureProxy(__name__)
->    proxy.hook('preprocess', preprocess, id='testdirective')
->    proxy.run()
+>     #!/usr/bin/env python
+>     # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+>     
+>     from proxy import IkiWikiProcedureProxy
+>     
+>     def preprocess(self, proxy, *args):
+>         return repr(self.rpc('pagetype', 'schön'))
+>     
+>     proxy = IkiWikiProcedureProxy(__name__)
+>     proxy.hook('preprocess', preprocess, id='testdirective')
+>     proxy.run()
 >
 > note that when the 'schön' is stored in a variable, the exception changes --
 > it seems to me that the issue is related to the way exceptions are encoded.
@@ -46,3 +48,23 @@ patch.
 >>
 >> Other than that it looks good to me. I like the use of `repr` in debug
 >> messages. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>> afaict, encode is fine there -- the relevant methods in python2 are
+>>> `unicode.encode` which gives a `str`, and `str.decode` which usually gives
+>>> a `unicode`. (i'd happily ditch python2 and port all plugins to python3,
+>>> where this is all easier, but my [[todo/vCard rendering]] still uses an
+>>> ancient module.) --[[chrysn]]
+
+>>>> You were right about this, `encode` is appropriate to go from `unicode`
+>>>> to `str` under Python 2. However, Python 3 is still broken.
+>>>>
+>>>> My `ready/more-proxy-utf8-fail` branch, based on yours,
+>>>> [[fixes the `rst` test when run under Python 3|bugs/rst_plugin_hangs_when_used_with_Python_3]]
+>>>> and hopefully also fixes this one. Please check that it still
+>>>> fixes your test-case too.
+>>>>
+>>>> Joey, I think this is [[ready for merge|users/smcv/ready]] even if it
+>>>> doesn't fix chrysn's bug - it does fix Python 3 support
+>>>> in general. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>>> [[merged|done]] --[[smcv]]