Use unicode internally everywhere for 'repr'

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 3f4e65f2..c20bdd8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class TestEmpty:
         """
         field = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True)
         output = field.run_validation('')
-        assert output is ''
+        assert output == ''
 
     def test_default(self):
         """
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ class TestChoiceField(FieldValues):
             ]
         )
         output = field.run_validation('')
-        assert output is ''
+        assert output == ''
 
 
 class TestChoiceFieldWithType(FieldValues):
diff --git a/tests/test_serializer.py b/tests/test_serializer.py
index 56b39095..c17b6d8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/test_serializer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework.compat import unicode_repr
 import pytest
 
 
@@ -197,3 +199,20 @@ class TestIncorrectlyConfigured:
             "The serializer field might be named incorrectly and not match any attribute or key on the `ExampleObject` instance.\n"
             "Original exception text was:"
         )
+
+
+class TestUnicodeRepr:
+    def test_unicode_repr(self):
+        class ExampleSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+            example = serializers.CharField()
+
+        class ExampleObject:
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.example = '한국'
+
+            def __repr__(self):
+                return unicode_repr(self.example)
+
+        instance = ExampleObject()
+        serializer = ExampleSerializer(instance)
+        repr(serializer)  # Should not error.