Message11725

hi Jeff,

I haven't learned enough about the Java Hashmap yet. I ended up coding a 
workaround that worked. but, really, it was for my own use, to ensure 
the months displayed properly in other languages.

I appreciate the reply.

Regards,

On 02/27/2018 03:54 PM, Jeff Allen wrote:
> Jeff Allen <ja.py@farowl.co.uk> added the comment:
>
> Thanks for bringing this up.
>
> This isn't really to do with calendars. gc.getDisplayName(2,2,loc) returns a java.util.HashMap and our __repr__ for that is trying to force the Unicode it contains into byte-strings. Simpler demonstration:
>
>>>> from java.util import GregorianCalendar
>>>> from java.util import Locale
>>>> gc = GregorianCalendar()
>>>> names = gc.getDisplayNames(2, 2, Locale.KOREAN)
>>>> dict(names)
> {u'4\uc6d4': 3, u'3\uc6d4': 2, u'2\uc6d4': 1, u'1\uc6d4': 0, u'12\uc6d4': 11, u'10\uc6d4': 9, u'11\uc6d4': 10, u'9\uc6d4': 8, u'8\uc6d4': 7, u'7\uc6d4': 6, u'6\uc6d4': 5, u'5\uc6d4': 4}
>
> But look at names with print or in the REPL and it blows up.
>
>>>> names
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot create PyString with non-byte value
>          at org.python.core.PyString.<init>(PyString.java:57)
>          at org.python.core.PyString.<init>(PyString.java:70)
>          at org.python.core.PyString.<init>(PyString.java:74)
>          at org.python.core.JavaProxyMap$2.__call__(JavaProxyMap.java:115)
>          at org.python.core.PyObjectDerived.__repr__(PyObjectDerived.java:104)
> ...
>
> ----------
> nosy: +jeff.allen
> priority:  -> normal
> resolution:  -> accepted
> severity: minor -> normal
> title: GregorianCalendar.getDisplayNames() crashes with PyString error -> __repr__ of Java Map having unicode keys crashes with PyString error
>
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> Jython tracker <report@bugs.jython.org>
> <http://bugs.jython.org/issue2649>
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