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6220	Search fields fails if the field names are unicode objects	Robert Bunting <robert@…>	nobody	"Using r5458 (but this still looks valid), 
If I define the search_fields in my admin model as 
{{{
class Admin:
    search_fields = (u'description', u'image')
}}}
searches fail with {{{ arguments to __init__ must be strings }}}
though if I use
{{{
class Admin:
    search_fields = ('description', 'image')
}}}
then of course it's ok.

Unicode objects should be ok here, so I just need to apply smart_str to the field names while making the search Q object.  See simple patch.
"		closed	contrib.admin	newforms-admin		wontfix	unicode search_fields		Design decision needed	1	0	0	0	0	0