From 7a5e277b3815485a427343a4dca96fb1d8971b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Blank <doug.blank@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:07:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=2623#c26969
 make handle safe

svn: r21101
---
 gramps/gen/lib/handle.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py b/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py
index 342d248c9..e98eecb16 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@
 
 # $Id$
 
+ from gramps.gen.constfunc import UNITYPE
+
 class Handle:
     def __init__(self, classname, handle):
         """ Class to hold type and handle of referenced item """
         self.classname = classname
+        if not isinstance(handle, UNITYPE):
+            handle = handle.decode('utf-8')
         self.handle = handle
 
     def __repr__(self):