[bindings] Make sample Python 2/3 compatible
diff --git a/src/sample.py b/src/sample.py
index e2daba8..5a76f91 100755
--- a/src/sample.py
+++ b/src/sample.py
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
import sys
from gi.repository import HarfBuzz as hb
+# Python 2/3 compatibility
+try:
+ unicode
+except NameError:
+ unicode = str
+
+def tounicode(s, encoding='utf-8'):
+ if not isinstance(s, unicode):
+ return s.decode(encoding)
+ else:
+ return s
+
+
def nothing(data):
print(data)
@@ -12,7 +25,7 @@
blob = hb.blob_create (fontdata, hb.memory_mode_t.DUPLICATE, 1234, None)
buf = hb.buffer_create ()
-hb.buffer_add_utf8 (buf, "Hello بهداد", 0, -1)
+hb.buffer_add_utf8 (buf, tounicode("Hello بهداد").encode('utf-8'), 0, -1)
hb.buffer_guess_segment_properties (buf)
face = hb.face_create (blob, 0)
