Package: python-pysimplesoap Version: 1.16-1 Severity: normal Affects: 799528
Hi, this bugreport is a follow-up to #799528 (affecting reportbug and reportbug-ng). >>> import debianbts >>> [bug] = debianbts.get_status(711111) >>> print bug.originator Ik1pY2hhxYIgS3XFgmFjaCIgPG1pY2hhbGt1bGFjaEBnbWFpbC5jb20+ Compare with a non-unicode Name: >>> [bug] = debianbts.get_status(111111) >>> print bug.originator >>> # some correct name <em...@address.bar> If you look at the XML that is sent, you'll note that in the first case the originator is of type xsd:base64Binary, while the second one is of type xsd:string. I think it would be sensible if simplesoap would automatically decode base64 encoded strings. If it doesn't it is impossible for other libraries to guess if the string was base64 encoded or not, because in both cases the returned python type is <str>. Cheers, Bastian -- Dr. Bastian Venthur http://venthur.de Debian Developer venthur at debian org
