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diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py
index 385924803..64a975489 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/compat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import getpass
+import optparse
import os
import subprocess
import sys
@@ -297,6 +298,26 @@ except TypeError:
else:
compat_kwargs = lambda kwargs: kwargs
+
+# 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
+
+
__all__ = [
'compat_HTTPError',
'compat_chr',
@@ -323,4 +344,5 @@ __all__ = [
'compat_xml_parse_error',
'shlex_quote',
'subprocess_check_output',
+ 'workaround_optparse_bug9161',
]