andy@box:~$ python2 -m unittest dfsdf.TestUnicode.test_a /usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py:505: UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal if not first == second: F ====================================================================== FAIL: test_a (dfsdf.TestUnicode) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "dfsdf.py", line 8, in test_a self.assertEqual('éëïóöü åæø åæø âéèêóòô åäö üß ùûüÿàâçëïœôî яшерты @$#€»', u'éëïóöü åæø åæø âéèêóòô åäö üß ùûüÿàâçëïœôî яшерты @$#€»') AssertionError: '\xc3\xa9\xc3\xab\xc3\xaf\xc3\xb3\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc \xc3\xa5\xc3\xa6\xc3\xb8 \xc3\xa5\xc3\xa6\xc3\xb8 \xc3\xa2\xc3\xa9\xc3\xa8\xc3\xaa\xc3\xb3\xc3\xb2\xc3\xb4 \xc3\xa5\xc3\xa4\xc3\xb6 \xc3\xbc\xc3\x9f \xc3\xb9\xc3\xbb\xc3\xbc\xc3\xbf\xc3\xa0\xc3\xa2\xc3\xa7\xc3\xab\xc3\xaf\xc5\x93\xc3\xb4\xc3\xae \xd1\x8f\xd1\x88\xd0\xb5\xd1\x80\xd1\x82\xd1\x8b @$#\xe2\x82\xac\xc2\xbb' != u'\xe9\xeb\xef\xf3\xf6\xfc \xe5\xe6\xf8 \xe5\xe6\xf8 \xe2\xe9\xe8\xea\xf3\xf2\xf4 \xe5\xe4\xf6 \xfc\xdf \xf9\xfb\xfc\xff\xe0\xe2\xe7\xeb\xef\u0153\xf4\xee \u044f\u0448\u0435\u0440\u0442\u044b @$#\u20ac\xbb' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 1 test in 0.005s FAILED (failures=1) andy@box:~/$ python2 -m unittest dfsdf.TestUnicode.test_a . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 1 test in 0.003s OK