distutils Extension fails to be created with unicode package names

[guyomes]

BPO	14978
Nosy	@tarekziade, @merwok
Files	patch-distutils-extension_py.diff

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assignee = 'https://github.com/merwok'
closed_at = <Date 2020-05-31.12:26:44.644>
created_at = <Date 2012-06-01.10:09:44.590>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'distutils Extension fails to be created with unicode package names'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-31.12:26:44.643>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/guyomes'

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actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'eric.araujo'
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closed_date = <Date 2020-05-31.12:26:44.644>
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components = ['Distutils']
creation = <Date 2012-06-01.10:09:44.590>
creator = 'guyomes'
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issue_num = 14978
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14978'
versions = ['Python 2.7']

[guyomes]

This issue appeared initially in:

http://groups.google.com/group/cython-users/browse_thread/thread/f9e7018bb12a66d2

Note that this is also an issue in distutils2/compiler/extension.py, where arguments of Extension are also tested against str only.

[merwok]

Thanks for the report and patch. Would you mind turning it into a patch for the CPython 2.7 repository, with a unit test? Guidelines are in the devguide; if you don’t have the time I’ll take it over.

[patrickandrew]

Sure, I'll have that for you shortly.