[THRIFT-3500] Protocols in Python 2 do not treat Strings as unicode.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.3
• Component/s: Python - Library
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: John Lockwood
• Created: 22/Dec/15 20:51
• Updated: 26/Jan/19 14:07

Description

Service methods which take a string type param, should expect a unicode object in Python 2, but instead expect str.
Service methods which return string type objects should return a unicode object in Python 2, but instead return str.
When making service calls with Python 2, passing in a unicode object with non-ascii chars will raise an exception.

Issue Links

• is related to: THRIFT-3503 Enable py:utf8string by default
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #756