Change the %s format specifier for str objects so that it returns a
unicode instance if the argument is not an instance of basestring and
calling __str__ on the argument returns a unicode instance.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a1f15ab..ecbbd97 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
positions. It once again reports a syntax error if a future
statement occurs after anything other than a doc string.
+- Change the %s format specifier for str objects so that it returns a
+ unicode instance if the argument is not an instance of basestring and
+ calling __str__ on the argument returns a unicode instance.
+
Extension Modules
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