Python3.3 str() bug?

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From	Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject	Python3.3 str() bug?
Date	9 Nov 2012 09:18:12 GMT
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Hi,

probably I'm missing something.

Using   str(Arg) works just fine if  Arg is a list.
But
  str([],encoding='latin-1')

gives the error
TypeError: coercing to str: need bytes, bytearray or buffer-like object, 
           list found

If this isn't a bug how can I use str(Arg,encoding='latin-1') in general.
Do I need to flatten any data structure which is normally excepted by str() ?

Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.

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Python3.3  str() bug? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2012-11-09 09:18 +0000
  Re: Python3.3  str() bug? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-11-09 10:37 +0100
    Re: Python3.3  str() bug? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2012-11-09 11:08 +0000
      Re: Python3.3 str() bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-09 23:22 +1100
        Re: Python3.3 str() bug? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2012-11-09 13:13 +0000
          Re: Python3.3 str() bug? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-11-09 18:07 +0100
          Re: Python3.3 str() bug? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-11-09 18:35 -0500
      RE: Python3.3 str() bug? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-11-09 17:47 +0000
      Re: Python3.3 str() bug? Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 16:45 +0000
  Re: Python3.3 str() bug? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-09 10:25 -0700

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