[THRIFT-395] Python library + compiler does not support unicode strings

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.4
• Component/s: Python - Compiler, Python - Library
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Nathan Marz
• Reporter: Jonathan Ellis
• Created: 23/Mar/09 16:41
• Updated: 07/Apr/13 20:03
• Resolved: 06/Aug/10 17:52

Description

Effectively, all strings in the python bindings are treated as binary strings – no encoding/decoding to UTF-8 is done. So if a unicode object is passed to a (regular, non-binary) string, an exception is raised.