TST: df.ix[:,unicode] should not die with UnicodeEncodeError

Author: y-p

pandas/tests/test_internals.py

@@ -408,6 +408,13 @@ def test_get_numeric_data(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(rs.ix[0, 'bool'], not df.ix[0, 'bool'])
 
+    def test_missing_unicode_key(self):
+        df=DataFrame({"a":[1]})
+        try:
+            df.ix[:,u"\u05d0"] # should not raise UnicodeEncodeError
+        except KeyError:
+            pass # this is the expected exception
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # unittest.main()
     import nose