[GRASS-dev] Tests failing with "requires string, <type 'unicode'> provided"

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:
> A lot of tests are failing:
>
> http://fatra.cnr.ncsu.edu/grassgistests/reports_for_date-2016-05-02-07-00/report_for_nc_basic_spm_grass7_nc/testfiles.html
> http://fatra.cnr.ncsu.edu/grassgistests/reports_for_date-2016-05-03-07-00/report_for_nc_basic_spm_grass7_nc/testfiles.html
>
> Seems like PyGRASS related marameter checking:
>
> The Parameter <where> require a string, <type 'unicode'> instead is provided
>
> For example:
>
> ERROR: test_1 (__main__.TestUnregister)
> Perform several unregistration operations
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> ValueError: The Parameter <where> require a string, <type 'unicode'> instead
> is provided: u'mapset = "__temporal_t_unregister_test_unregister" AND (name
> = "a1" OR name = "a2" OR name = "a3")'
>
> The change should be somewhere here:
>
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/log/grass/trunk?rev=68369&stop_rev=68347

/me guessing
Could it be this change?

Author: hcho
Date: 2016-03-15 01:56:28 -0700 (Tue, 15 Mar 2016)
New Revision: 68061

Modified:
   grass/trunk/lib/gis/parser.c
Log:
G_recreate_command: Add empty answers.
Fix the command history for e.g., v.edit where="". Without this fix,
where="" is not included, which makes an invalid command.

which looks like a valid improvement to me. If it is this one, perhaps
the tests need some update?

Markus