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Clarify the version information for the unicode() built-in.

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Closes SF bug #575272.
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Fred Drake 2002-06-29 16:06:47 +00:00
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@ -873,13 +873,16 @@ def my_import(name):
behaviour of \code{str()} except that it returns Unicode strings behaviour of \code{str()} except that it returns Unicode strings
instead of 8-bit strings. More precisely, if \var{object} is an instead of 8-bit strings. More precisely, if \var{object} is an
Unicode string or subclass it will return a Unicode string without Unicode string or subclass it will return a Unicode string without
any additional decoding applied. For objects which provide a any additional decoding applied.
\code{__unicode__} method, it will call this method without
arguments to create a Unicode string. For all other objects, the For objects which provide a \method{__unicode__()} method, it will
8-bit string version or representation is requested and then call this method without arguments to create a Unicode string. For
converted to a Unicode string using the codec for the default all other objects, the 8-bit string version or representation is
encoding in \code{'strict'} mode. requested and then converted to a Unicode string using the codec for
the default encoding in \code{'strict'} mode.
\versionadded{2.0} \versionadded{2.0}
\versionchanged[Support for \method{__unicode__()} added]{2.2}
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{vars}{\optional{object}} \begin{funcdesc}{vars}{\optional{object}}