Solve encoding issues in powerline python client

client/powerline.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import socket
 import os
 import errno
 
+
 if len(sys.argv) < 2:
 	print('Must provide at least one argument.', file=sys.stderr)
 	raise SystemExit(1)
@@ -42,22 +43,23 @@ fenc = sys.getfilesystemencoding() or 'utf-8'
 if fenc == 'ascii':
 	fenc = 'utf-8'
 
-args = [bytes('%x' % (len(sys.argv) - 1))]
+tobytes = lambda s: s if isinstance(s, bytes) else s.encode(fenc)
-args.extend((x.encode(fenc) if isinstance(x, type('')) else x for x in sys.argv[1:]))
+
+args = [tobytes('%x' % (len(sys.argv) - 1))]
+args.extend((tobytes(s) for s in sys.argv[1:]))
+
 
 try:
 	cwd = os.getcwd()
 except EnvironmentError:
 	pass
 else:
-	if isinstance(cwd, type('')):
+	if not isinstance(cwd, bytes):
 		cwd = cwd.encode(fenc)
 	args.append(cwd)
 
 
-env = (k + b'=' + v for k, v in os.environ.items())
+args.extend((tobytes(k) + b'=' + tobytes(v) for k, v in os.environ.items()))
-env = (x if isinstance(x, bytes) else x.encode(fenc, 'replace') for x in env)
-args.extend(env)
 
 EOF = b'\0\0'
 
@@ -75,4 +77,7 @@ while True:
 
 sock.close()
 
-sys.stdout.write(b''.join(received))
+if sys.version_info < (3,):
+	sys.stdout.write(b''.join(received))
+else:
+	sys.stdout.buffer.write(b''.join(received))