unicode-friendliness for user names with accents/special chars

[sfa.git] / sfa / util / rspec.py

diff --git a/sfa/util/rspec.py b/sfa/util/rspec.py
index 572d660..b888a7d 100644 (file)
--- a/sfa/util/rspec.py
+++ b/sfa/util/rspec.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class RSpec:
             element = minidom.Element(tagname)
             for key in rd.keys():
                 if isinstance(rd[key], StringTypes) or isinstance(rd[key], int):
-                    element.setAttribute(key, str(rd[key]))
+                    element.setAttribute(key, unicode(rd[key]))
                 elif isinstance(rd[key], dict):
                     child = elementNode(key, rd[key])
                     element.appendChild(child)