[PROTON-802] Unicode strings passed in through python binding cause exceptions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: proton-0.9
• Fix Version/s: proton-0.9
• Component/s: python-binding
• Labels: encoding string
• Environment: Ubuntu 14.04.1 64-bit
• Assignee: Rafael H. Schloming
• Reporter: Ken Leidal
• Created: 16/Jan/15 18:36
• Updated: 08/Jan/16 10:45
• Resolved: 28/Jan/15 18:55

Description

The following traceback was thrown when passing in a python unicode string for a host name. Ensuring the string is a python binary string (UTF-8) is a work around.

Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./arc", line 246, in <module>
    curses.wrapper(main)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "./arc", line 244, in main
    drv.run()
  File "/home/kkleidal/datawire/server/common.py", line 270, in run
    self.process_events()
  File "/home/kkleidal/datawire/server/common.py", line 315, in process_events
    ev.dispatch(h)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/proton/__init__.py", line 3365, in dispatch
    return dispatch(handler, self.type.method, self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/proton/__init__.py", line 3311, in dispatch
    return m(*args)
  File "/home/kkleidal/datawire/server/common.py", line 723, in on_link_remote_close
    self.connect(network)
  File "/home/kkleidal/datawire/server/common.py", line 709, in connect
    self.conn.hostname = network.host
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/proton/wrapper.py", line 54, in __setattr__
    object.__setattr__(self, name, value)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/proton/__init__.py", line 2319, in _set_hostname
    return pn_connection_set_hostname(self._impl, name)
TypeError: in method 'pn_connection_set_hostname', argument 2 of type 'char const *'