Update PEP 352 on the removal of __unicode__ on BaseException and remove bug

#1551432 as a blocker for 2.5 .

pep-0352.txt

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ work in Python 2.x is covered in the `Transition Plan`_ section)::
 
       Provides a 'message' attribute that contains either the single
       argument to the constructor or the empty string.  This attribute
-      is used in both the string and unicode representation for the
+      is used in the string representation for the
       exception.  This is so that it provides the extra details in the
       traceback.
 
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ work in Python 2.x is covered in the `Transition Plan`_ section)::
           """Return the str of 'message'"""
           return str(self.message)
 
-      def __unicode__(self):
-          """Return the unicode of 'message'"""
-          return unicode(self.message)
-
       def __repr__(self):
           return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, repr(self.message))
 
@@ -221,17 +217,6 @@ Here is BaseException as implemented in the 2.x series::
                      if len(self.args) <= 1
                      else self.args)
 
-      def __unicode__(self):
-          """Return the unicode of args[0] or args, depending on length.
-
-          Once 'args' has been removed, 'message' will be used
-          exclusively for the unicode representation of exceptions.
-
-          """
-          return unicode(self.args[0]
-                         if len(self.args) <= 1
-                         else self.args)
-
       def __repr__(self):
           func_args = repr(self.args) if self.args else "()"
           return self.__class__.__name__ + func_args

pep-0356.txt

@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ Open issues
 
     - Bugs that need resolving before release, ie, they block release:
 
-        http://python.org/sf/1551432 - __unicode__ breaks on exception classes
         http://python.org/sf/1541697 - sgmllib regexp bug causes hang
 
     - Bugs deferred until 2.5.1 (or later)