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5960	AutoEscaping change breaks python 2.3.5 compatability due to use of decode function on unicode objects	Free Neuron <freeneuron+django@…>	nobody	"http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/utils/safestring.py?rev=6671

File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django/utils/safestring.py"", line 92, in SafeUnicode
     decode = curry(_proxy_method, method = unicode.decode)
AttributeError: type object 'unicode' has no attribute 'decode'

Under python 2.3.5 u""a"".decode(""rot13"") throws, under 2.4 it succeeds.
"		closed	Core (Other)	dev		fixed	decode, unicode, escape		Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0