X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Fglobals.py;h=54a49b2d3f16895a8a8ce0b9ffc459b58a7cadf2;hb=50b0d0b8ade8aca7dd8434f638555c634b00ebe4;hp=f5c8d5288ea07edb249bd39dc99b9229cdd1db8e;hpb=4292b1197d8a43199c43164e9f8e764b3a809de4;p=notmuch

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py
index f5c8d528..54a49b2d 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>'
 """
 
 from ctypes import CDLL, c_char_p, c_int, Structure, POINTER
-from ctypes.util import find_library
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #package-global instance of the notmuch library
@@ -49,11 +48,11 @@ class Status(Enum):
 
     @classmethod
     def status2str(self, status):
-        """Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value."""
+        """Get a (unicode) string representation of a notmuch_status_t value."""
         # define strings for custom error messages
         if status == STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED:
-            return "Operation on uninitialized object impossible."
-        return str(Status._status2str(status))
+            return u"Operation on uninitialized object impossible."
+        return unicode(Status._status2str(status))
 
 STATUS = Status(['SUCCESS',
   'OUT_OF_MEMORY',
@@ -135,12 +134,15 @@ class NotmuchError(Exception):
         self.message = message
 
     def __str__(self):
+        return unicode(self).encode('utf-8')
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
         if self.message is not None:
             return self.message
         elif self.status is not None:
             return STATUS.status2str(self.status)
         else:
-            return 'Unknown error'
+            return u'Unknown error'
 
 
 # List of Subclassed exceptions that correspond to STATUS values and are