Fix string encoding for Python 2

simplejson · Nov 23, 2017 · d53d0c6 · d53d0c6
1 parent 47bb995
commit d53d0c6
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/simplejson/encoder.py b/simplejson/encoder.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ def encode_basestring(s, _PY3=PY3, _q=u('"')):
         if isinstance(s, str) and HAS_UTF8.search(s) is not None:
             s = s.decode('utf-8')
         if type(s) not in string_types:
-            s = text_type.__str__(s)
+            if isinstance(s, str):
+                s = str.__str__(s)
+            else:
+                s = unicode.__getnewargs__(s)[0]
     def replace(match):
         return ESCAPE_DCT[match.group(0)]
     return _q + ESCAPE.sub(replace, s) + _q
@@ -72,7 +75,10 @@ def py_encode_basestring_ascii(s, _PY3=PY3):
         if isinstance(s, str) and HAS_UTF8.search(s) is not None:
             s = s.decode('utf-8')
         if type(s) not in string_types:
-            s = text_type.__str__(s)
+            if isinstance(s, str):
+                s = str.__str__(s)
+            else:
+                s = unicode.__getnewargs__(s)[0]
     def replace(match):
         s = match.group(0)
         try: