Py3 fix

diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py b/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py
index c291431c671f789d2d6618f33a1f2fb0cd269b0c..407cd83fe6d2a7ddd771b112fedd84b73f38360c 100644 (file)
--- a/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py
+++ b/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py
@@ -5257,7 +5257,8 @@ class NoneCheckNode(CoercionNode):
             "if (unlikely(%s == Py_None)) {" % self.arg.result())
         code.putln('PyErr_SetString(%s, "%s"); %s ' % (
             self.exception_type_cname,
-            StringEncoding.escape_byte_string(self.exception_message),
+            StringEncoding.escape_byte_string(
+                self.exception_message.encode('UTF-8')),
             code.error_goto(self.pos)))
         code.putln("}")