[sparc, python3.3] test_BytesIO_input and test_variable_width_unicode: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd7 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

[yarikoptic]

http://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/builders/pandas-py3.x-sid-sparc/builds/230/steps/shell_4/logs/stdio

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ERROR: test_variable_width_unicode (pandas.io.tests.test_parsers.TestFwfColspaceSniffing)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/tests/test_parsers.py", line 2322, in test_variable_width_unicode
    colspecs=[(0, 4), (5, 9)], header=None)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 433, in read_fwf
    return _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 203, in _read
    parser = TextFileReader(filepath_or_buffer, **kwds)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 483, in __init__
    self._make_engine(self.engine)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 598, in _make_engine
    self._engine = klass(self.f, **self.options)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 2084, in __init__
    PythonParser.__init__(self, f, **kwds)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1291, in __init__
    self.columns = self._infer_columns()
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1523, in _infer_columns
    line = self._next_line()
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1550, in _next_line
    line = next(self.data)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 2066, in next
    line = next(self.f)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode
    return codecs.ascii_decode(input, self.errors)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd7 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

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ERROR: test_BytesIO_input (pandas.io.tests.test_parsers.TestPythonParser)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/tests/test_parsers.py", line 2150, in test_BytesIO_input
    result = pd.read_fwf(BytesIO("\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd\n\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd".encode('utf8')), widths=[2,2])
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 433, in read_fwf
    return _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 203, in _read
    parser = TextFileReader(filepath_or_buffer, **kwds)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 483, in __init__
    self._make_engine(self.engine)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 598, in _make_engine
    self._engine = klass(self.f, **self.options)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 2084, in __init__
    PythonParser.__init__(self, f, **kwds)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1291, in __init__
    self.columns = self._infer_columns()
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1482, in _infer_columns
    line = self._next_line()
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1550, in _next_line
    line = next(self.data)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pandas-0.12.0_755_ge6b99f4-py3.3-linux-sparc64.egg/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 2066, in next
    line = next(self.f)
  File "/home/buildslave/nd-bb-slave-sparc-sid/pandas-py3_x-sid-sparc/build/venv/lib/python3.3/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode
    return codecs.ascii_decode(input, self.errors)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd7 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

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Ran 4083 tests in 1851.237s

FAILED (SKIP=291, errors=2)

[yarikoptic]

FWIW -- the same with pyhon3.2 in wheezy
http://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/builders/pandas-py3.x-wheezy-sparc/builds/168/steps/shell_4/logs/stdio