From a7cd14daf8f8965207ecddc504150ec115991b71 2009-04-21 00:01:43
From: Brian Granger <ellisonbg@gmail.com>
Date: 2009-04-21 00:01:43
Subject: [PATCH] Merging in Jorgen's changes to iplib.py for ticket 315392.

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diff --git a/IPython/iplib.py b/IPython/iplib.py
index d674668..67cef06 100644
--- a/IPython/iplib.py
+++ b/IPython/iplib.py
@@ -1474,8 +1474,9 @@ class InteractiveShell(object,Magic):
                     #print "loading rl:",rlcommand  # dbg
                     readline.parse_and_bind(rlcommand)
 
-            # remove some chars from the delimiters list
-            delims = readline.get_completer_delims()
+            # Remove some chars from the delimiters list.  If we encounter
+            # unicode chars, discard them.
+            delims = readline.get_completer_delims().encode("ascii", "ignore")
             delims = delims.translate(string._idmap,
                                       self.rc.readline_remove_delims)
             readline.set_completer_delims(delims)