Improve string handling in ElementId construction.

Co-authored-by: Pierre Gergondet <pierre.gergondet+github@gmail.com>
jrl-umi3218 · Aug 15, 2023 · 657fe7c · 657fe7c
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diff --git a/binding/python/mc_control/mc_control.pyx b/binding/python/mc_control/mc_control.pyx
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ cdef class MCGlobalController(object):
 
 cdef class ElementId(object):
   def __cinit__(self, category, name):
-    self.impl = c_mc_control.ElementId(category, name)
+    if isinstance(name, unicode):
+      name = name.encode(u'ascii')
+    self.impl = c_mc_control.ElementId([s.encode(u'ascii') if isinstance(s, unicode) else s for s in category] , name)
   property category:
     def __get__(self):
       return self.impl.category