Ticket #6892: 6892v1.diff

django/views/generic/simple.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import loader, RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone
+from django.utils.encoding import iri_to_uri
 
 def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, **kwargs):
     """
@@ -22 +23 @@
     """
     Redirect to a given URL.
 
-    The given url may contain dict-style string formatting, which will be
-    interpolated against the params in the URL.  For example, to redirect from
+    The given url may contain unicode characters as well as dict-style string formatting, 
+    which will be interpolated against the params in the URL.  For example, to redirect from
     ``/foo/<id>/`` to ``/bar/<id>/``, you could use the following URLconf::
 
         urlpatterns = patterns('',
@@ -33 +34 @@
     If the given url is ``None``, a HttpResponseGone (410) will be issued.
     """
     if url is not None:
-        return HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(url % kwargs)
+        return HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(iri_to_uri(url % kwargs))
     else:
         return HttpResponseGone()