changeset:   87870:df9596ca838c
branch:      2.7
parent:      87863:eb1039fe090c
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Tue Dec 10 10:04:41 2013 +0200
files:       Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #19481: print() of unicode, str or bytearray subclass instance in IDLE
no more hangs.


diff -r eb1039fe090c -r df9596ca838c Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py	Tue Dec 10 01:23:22 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py	Tue Dec 10 10:04:41 2013 +0200
@@ -1338,8 +1338,16 @@
     def write(self, s):
         if self.closed:
             raise ValueError("write to closed file")
-        if not isinstance(s, (basestring, bytearray)):
-            raise TypeError('must be string, not ' + type(s).__name__)
+        if type(s) not in (unicode, str, bytearray):
+            # See issue #19481
+            if isinstance(s, unicode):
+                s = unicode.__getslice__(s, None, None)
+            elif isinstance(s, str):
+                s = str.__str__(s)
+            elif isinstance(s, bytearray):
+                s = bytearray.__str__(s)
+            else:
+                raise TypeError('must be string, not ' + type(s).__name__)
         return self.shell.write(s, self.tags)
 
 
diff -r eb1039fe090c -r df9596ca838c Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Tue Dec 10 01:23:22 2013 +0100
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Tue Dec 10 10:04:41 2013 +0200
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
 - Issue #19286: Directories in ``package_data`` are no longer added to
   the filelist, preventing failure outlined in the ticket.
 
+IDLE
+----
+
+- Issue #19481: print() of unicode, str or bytearray subclass instance in IDLE
+  no more hangs.
+
 Tests
 -----