# HG changeset patch
# User Augie Fackler <raf@durin42.com>
# Date 1505519012 14400
# Node ID 112f118ecb00c9ba265ecceac22c17a0d23b537b
# Parent  90b0e1639fd48059b5583cc322ce827c42230bb0
encoding: ensure getutf8char always returns a bytestr, never an int

diff -r 90b0e1639fd4 -r 112f118ecb00 mercurial/encoding.py
--- a/mercurial/encoding.py	Fri Sep 15 19:43:02 2017 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/encoding.py	Fri Sep 15 19:43:32 2017 -0400
@@ -458,9 +458,9 @@
     '''
 
     # find how many bytes to attempt decoding from first nibble
-    l = _utf8len[ord(s[pos]) >> 4]
+    l = _utf8len[ord(s[pos:pos + 1]) >> 4]
     if not l: # ascii
-        return s[pos]
+        return s[pos:pos + 1]
 
     c = s[pos:pos + l]
     # validate with attempted decode