Fix bitbucket issue 39. All further issues should be on github

AUTHORS

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Carles Barrobés <txels> - HEAD support.
 Michael Fötsch <mfoetsch> - File format support.
 David Larlet <david> - OAuth support.
 Andrew Straw <astraw> - Bugfixes.
+<zeth> - Bugfixes.
 
 THANKS TO:
 

README

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ To install django-rest-framework in a virtualenv environment
     hg clone https://tomchristie@bitbucket.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework
     cd django-rest-framework/
     virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute --python=python2.6 env
-    source ./env/bin/activate
+    source env/bin/activate
     pip install -r requirements.txt # django, coverage
 
 

djangorestframework/serializer.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Customizable serialization.
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.db.models.fields.related import RelatedField
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, is_protected_type
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, is_protected_type, smart_str
 
 import decimal
 import inspect
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class Serializer(object):
         Keys serialize to their string value,
         unless they exist in the `rename` dict.
         """
-        return getattr(self.rename, key, key)
+        return getattr(self.rename, smart_str(key), smart_str(key))
 
 
     def serialize_val(self, key, obj):
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ class Serializer(object):
 
         # serialize each required field 
         for fname in fields:
-            if hasattr(self, fname):
+            if hasattr(self, smart_str(fname)):
                 # check for a method 'fname' on self first
                 meth = getattr(self, fname)
                 if inspect.ismethod(meth) and len(inspect.getargspec(meth)[0]) == 2:
                     obj = meth(instance)
-            elif hasattr(instance, fname):
+            elif hasattr(instance, smart_str(fname)):
                 # now check for an attribute 'fname' on the instance
                 obj = getattr(instance, fname)
             elif fname in instance: