BUG: TextReader._explicit_index_names() should allow for unicode index_name

y-p · y-p · commit 00f2a979e47a · 2012-10-11T22:47:48.000+02:00
diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers.py b/pandas/io/parsers.py
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ def _explicit_index_names(self, columns):
             else:
                 index_name = columns[self.index_col]
 
-            if index_name is not None and 'Unnamed' in str(index_name):
+            if index_name is not None and 'Unnamed' in unicode(index_name):
                 index_name = None
 
         elif self.index_col is not None:
