ensure that messages are encoded in utf-8 during calls to safe()

irc.py

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
         if use_ssl:
             sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
         # FIXME: ssl module does not appear to work properly with nonblocking sockets
-        sock.setblocking(0)
+        #sock.setblocking(0)
         self.set_socket(sock)
 
     def handle_connect(self): 
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
                 return
 
         def safe(input): 
+            if type(input) == str:
+                input = input.encode('utf-8')
             input = input.replace(b'\n', b'')
             return input.replace(b'\r', b'')
         self.__write((b'PRIVMSG', safe(recipient)), safe(text))