- Fix unicode bug in %psearch reported by Stefan.

IPython/Magic.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
-$Id: Magic.py 2187 2007-03-30 04:56:40Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Magic.py 2190 2007-03-30 18:35:46Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]> and
@@ -671,8 +671,11 b' Currently the magic system has the following functions:\\n"""'
 
         This function is meant to be called by pdef, pdoc & friends."""
 
+        #oname = oname.strip()
+        #print '1- oname: <%r>' % oname  # dbg
         try:
             oname = oname.strip().encode('ascii')
+            #print '2- oname: <%r>' % oname  # dbg
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print 'Python identifiers can only contain ascii characters.'
             return 'not found'
@@ -846,6 +849,11 b' Currently the magic system has the following functions:\\n"""'
         Show objects beginning with a single _:
        
         %psearch -a _*         list objects beginning with a single underscore"""
+        try:
+            parameter_s = parameter_s.encode('ascii')
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            print 'Python identifiers can only contain ascii characters.'
+            return
 
         # default namespaces to be searched
         def_search = ['user','builtin']

IPython/genutils.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 b' General purpose utilities.'
 This is a grab-bag of stuff I find useful in most programs I write. Some of
 these things are also convenient when working at the command line.
 
-$Id: genutils.py 2154 2007-03-19 00:10:07Z fperez $"""
+$Id: genutils.py 2190 2007-03-30 18:35:46Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
@@ -266,6 +266,13 b' def arg_split(s,posix=False):'
     function, but with a default of posix=False for splitting, so that quotes
     in inputs are respected."""
     
+    # XXX - there may be unicode-related problems here!!!  I'm not sure that
+    # shlex is truly unicode-safe, so it might be necessary to do
+    #
+    # s = s.encode(sys.stdin.encoding)
+    #
+    # first, to ensure that shlex gets a normal string.  Input from anyone who
+    # knows more about unicode and shlex than I would be good to have here...
     lex = shlex.shlex(s, posix=posix)
     lex.whitespace_split = True
     return list(lex)

IPython/iplib.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 b' Requires Python 2.3 or newer.'
 
 This file contains all the classes and helper functions specific to IPython.
 
-$Id: iplib.py 2187 2007-03-30 04:56:40Z fperez $
+$Id: iplib.py 2190 2007-03-30 18:35:46Z fperez $
 """
 
 #*****************************************************************************
@@ -1984,6 +1984,7 b' want to merge them back into the new files.""" % locals()'
 
         try:
             line = raw_input_original(prompt).decode(sys.stdin.encoding)
+            #line = raw_input_original(prompt)
         except ValueError:
             warn("\n********\nYou or a %run:ed script called sys.stdin.close() or sys.stdout.close()!\nExiting IPython!")
             self.exit_now = True

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 b''
[phone]  Fernando Perez  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* IPython/Magic.py (magic_psearch): add unicode support by
+	encoding to ascii the input, since this routine also only deals
+	with valid Python names.  Fixes a bug reported by Stefan.
+
 2007-03-29  Fernando Perez  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* IPython/Magic.py (_inspect): convert unicode input into ascii