Index: wsaccel-0.6.2/tests/test_4.py
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--- wsaccel-0.6.2.orig/tests/test_4.py
+++ wsaccel-0.6.2/tests/test_4.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import wsaccel.utf8validator
 
 def test_validate():
     v = wsaccel.utf8validator.Utf8Validator()
-    x = "Hello-µ@ßöäüàá-UTF-8!!"  # taken from case 6.2.1
+    x = "Hello-µ@ßöäüàá-UTF-8!!".encode('utf-8')  # taken from case 6.2.1
     assert v.validate(x) == (True, True, 29, 29)