TST: test series to_csv() with unicode index

Author: y-p

pandas/tests/test_series.py

@@ -2033,12 +2033,16 @@ def test_to_csv(self):
 
         os.remove('_foo')
 
-    def test_to_csv_stringio(self):
-        buf = StringIO()
-        self.ts.to_csv(buf, index=False)
+    def test_to_csv_unicode_index(self):
+        buf=StringIO()
+        s=Series([u"\u05d0","d2"], index=[u"\u05d0",u"\u05d1"])
+
+        s.to_csv(buf, encoding='UTF-8')
         buf.seek(0)
-        arr = np.loadtxt(buf)
-        assert_almost_equal(arr, self.ts.values)
+
+        s2 = Series.from_csv(buf, index_col=0, encoding='UTF-8')
+
+        assert_series_equal(s, s2)
 
     def test_to_dict(self):
         self.assert_(np.array_equal(Series(self.ts.to_dict()), self.ts))