test_writing_unicode_leader

test_writing_unicode_leader.py

def test_writing_unicode_leader(self):
    """Test serializing a record with a unicode leader"""
    record = Record()
    record.add_field(Field(245, ['1', '0'], ['a', unichr(0x1234)]))
    record.leader = u'         a              '
    writer = MARCWriter(open('test/foo', 'w'))
    writer.write(record)
    writer.close()

    reader = MARCReader(open('test/foo'), to_unicode=True)
    record = reader.next()
    self.assertEqual(record['245']['a'], unichr(0x1234))

    os.remove('test/foo')