Make sure that name_parts doesn't accidentally turn Unicode strings

into plain strings
 - Legacy-Id: 12146

Author: OleLaursen

ietf/person/name.py

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import re
 
 def name_parts(name):
-    prefix, first, middle, last, suffix = "", "", "", "", ""
+    prefix, first, middle, last, suffix = u"", u"", u"", u"", u""
 
     if not name.strip():
         return prefix, first, middle, last, suffix
 
     # if we got a name on the form "Some Name (Foo Bar)", get rid of
     # the paranthesized part
-    name_with_paren_match = re.search("^([^(]+)\s*\(.*\)$", name)
+    name_with_paren_match = re.search(r"^([^(]+)\s*\(.*\)$", name)
     if name_with_paren_match:
         name = name_with_paren_match.group(1)
 
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ def name_parts(name):
             suffix = parts[-1]
             parts = parts[:-1]
     if len(parts) > 2:
-        name = " ".join(parts)
-        compound = re.search(" (de|hadi|van|ver|von|el|le|st\.?) ", name.lower())
+        name = u" ".join(parts)
+        compound = re.search(r" (de|hadi|van|ver|von|el|le|st\.?) ", name.lower())
         if compound:
             pos = compound.start()
             parts = name[:pos].split() + [name[pos+1:]]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def name_parts(name):
         # Handle reverse-order names with uppercase surname correctly
         if re.search("^[A-Z-]+$", first):
             first, last = last, first
-        middle = " ".join(parts[1:-1])
+        middle = u" ".join(parts[1:-1])
     elif len(parts) == 2:
         first, last = parts
     else:
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ def initials(name):
     prefix, first, middle, last, suffix = name_parts(name)
     given = first
     if middle:
-        given += " "+middle
-    initials = " ".join([ n[0]+'.' for n in given.split() ])
+        given += u" "+middle
+    initials = u" ".join([ n[0]+'.' for n in given.split() ])
     return initials
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys
-    name = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
+    name = u" ".join(sys.argv[1:])
     print name_parts(name)
     print initials(name)