+
+# Fix https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4223
+# See http://bugs.python.org/issue9161 for what is broken
+def workaround_optparse_bug9161():
+ try:
+ optparse.OptionGroup('foo').add_option('-t')
+ except TypeError:
+ real_add_option = optparse.OptionGroup.add_option
+
+ def _compat_add_option(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ enc = lambda v: (
+ v.encode('ascii', 'replace') if isinstance(v, compat_str)
+ else v)
+ bargs = [enc(a) for a in args]
+ bkwargs = dict(
+ (k, enc(v)) for k, v in kwargs.items())
+ return real_add_option(self, *bargs, **bkwargs)
+ optparse.OptionGroup.add_option = _compat_add_option
+
+