From 23d0963c2d3bd32963a6dea664d5ab857adad1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Titov <mlt@gmx.us>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 09:44:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(python): decode the console input to str in
 _on_say_command

---
 plugins/python/python.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/python/python.py b/plugins/python/python.py
index 90e162d6..da52d97e 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python.py
+++ b/plugins/python/python.py
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ def _on_say_command(word, word_eol, userdata):
         return 0
 
     try:
-        python = _cstr(word_eol[1])
+        python = __decode(_cstr(word_eol[1]))
     except Exception:
-        python = b''
+        python = ''
 
     if not python:
         return 1