From a4155269c575b3a51b017d8d1a0f64619355e623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 07:25:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?bug=20fix=20(unicode(unicode)=20results=20in=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=9CTypeError:=20decoding=20Unicode=20is=20not=20supported?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=9D=20(http://www.red-mercury.com/blog/eclectic-tech/pyth?=
 =?UTF-8?q?on-mystery-of-the-day/)?=
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---
 lib/core/xmldump.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/xmldump.py b/lib/core/xmldump.py
index 33724c49e..4a351e191 100644
--- a/lib/core/xmldump.py
+++ b/lib/core/xmldump.py
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ class XMLDump:
         if attrValue is None :
             attr.nodeValue = unicode("","utf-8")
         else :
-            escaped_data = unicode(attrValue)
-            attr.nodeValue = unicode(escaped_data,"utf-8")
+            attr.nodeValue = attrValue if isinstance(attrValue, unicode) else unicode(attrValue,"utf-8")
         return attr
 
     def __formatString(self, string):