#7761: fix telnetlib.interact failures on Windows.
diff --git a/Lib/telnetlib.py b/Lib/telnetlib.py
index 5258c8a..c60578d 100644
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
line = sys.stdin.readline()
if not line:
break
- self.write(line)
+ self.write(line.encode('ascii'))
def listener(self):
"""Helper for mt_interact() -- this executes in the other thread."""
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
print('*** Connection closed by remote host ***')
return
if data:
- sys.stdout.write(data)
+ sys.stdout.write(data.decode('ascii'))
else:
sys.stdout.flush()