unicode().decode('utf-8', 'ignore') raising UnicodeEncodeError

Question

Here is the code:

>>> z = u\'\\u2022\'.decode(\'utf-8\', \'ignore\')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"\", line 1, in 

        

Answer 1

You're trying to decode a unicode. The implicit encoding to make the decode work is what's failing.