# HG changeset patch
# User dclinton@b35c0ba3-1128-0410-9219-0b39014e361d
# Date 1244737392 0
# Branch dclinton
# Node ID c867b935f947c1ce6f815e6706d807058b467a33
# Parent  056bb4e69e8955edeedd10b2d23a8d57a07db852
Added tests for 140 and 140+ character status updates in ascii and unicode.

diff -r 056bb4e69e8955edeedd10b2d23a8d57a07db852 -r c867b935f947c1ce6f815e6706d807058b467a33 twitter.py
--- a/twitter.py	Tue Jun 09 13:45:19 2009 +0000
+++ b/twitter.py	Thu Jun 11 16:23:12 2009 +0000
@@ -559,9 +559,11 @@
 
     url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json'
 
-    if len(status) > CHARACTER_LIMIT:
+    status_length = len(status)
+    if status_length > CHARACTER_LIMIT:
       raise TwitterError("Text must be less than or equal to %d characters. "
-                         "Consider using PostUpdates." % CHARACTER_LIMIT)
+                         "Was %d. Consider using PostUpdates." % 
+                         (CHARACTER_LIMIT, status_length))
 
     data = {'status': status}
     if in_reply_to_status_id:
diff -r 056bb4e69e8955edeedd10b2d23a8d57a07db852 -r c867b935f947c1ce6f815e6706d807058b467a33 twitter_test.py
--- a/twitter_test.py	Tue Jun 09 13:45:19 2009 +0000
+++ b/twitter_test.py	Thu Jun 11 16:23:12 2009 +0000
@@ -375,6 +375,35 @@
     # This is rather arbitrary, but spot checking is better than nothing
     self.assertEqual(u'Моё судно на воздушной подушке полно угрей', status.text)
 
+  def testAciiStatusLength(self):
+    '''Test the length check of ascii status updates'''
+    self._AddHandler('http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json',
+                     curry(self._OpenTestData, 'update.json'))
+    # Post 140 characters of ascii text
+    status = self._api.PostUpdate('abcdefghij' * 14)
+    # Post 141 characters of ascii text
+    try:
+      status = self._api.PostUpdate(('abcdefghij' * 14) + 'k')
+    except twitter.TwitterError:
+      pass  # expected
+    else:
+      self.fail('TwitterError expected')
+
+  def testUnicodeStatusLength(self):
+    '''Test the length check of ascii status updates'''
+    self._AddHandler('http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json',
+                     curry(self._OpenTestData, 'update.json'))
+    # Post 140 characters of unicode text
+    status = self._api.PostUpdate(u'абвгдежзий' * 14)
+    # Post 141 characters of unicode text
+    try:
+      status = self._api.PostUpdate((u'абвгдежзий' * 14) + u'к')
+    except twitter.TwitterError:
+      pass  # expected
+    else:
+      self.fail('TwitterError expected')
+
+
   def testGetReplies(self):
     '''Test the twitter.Api GetReplies method'''
     self._AddHandler('http://twitter.com/statuses/replies.json?page=1',