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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2017-04-14 08:05:58 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-04-14 08:05:58 -0400
commit83cbb8d080299669de3569941a40789e5d32b009 (patch)
treee4abb98b550c1b1b6e30c418e9e5dd04c182e73b /docs/ref/utils.txt
parent7741d4e8787809b38df970aa11df8bdad4f22dd8 (diff)
Fixed #28067 -- Clarified __str__() return type when using python_2_unicode_compatible().
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@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ The functions defined in this module share the following properties:
Python 2. Under Python 3 it does nothing.
To support Python 2 and 3 with a single code base, define a ``__str__``
- method returning text and apply this decorator to the class.
+ method returning text (use ``six.text_type()`` if you're doing some
+ casting) and apply this decorator to the class.
.. function:: smart_text(s, encoding='utf-8', strings_only=False, errors='strict')