Fix a unicode problem when parsing playbooks

[abadger]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bugfix Pull Request

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible-1.9.5

SUMMARY

Fixes #16373

[abadger]

@simfarm -- give this a try and see if it fixes your problem. Note that 1.9 is in security fix mode now so we'll have to discuss as a team whether to accept this change or not. It's only a few lines of change but there's always a danger of regressions being introduced... when pushing releases for a security-only branch the last thing you want is for regressions unrelated to any security fixes to appear. You should be able to copy this change over to your own copy of ansible-1.9 if it works for you and you need it.

Since this is fixed in ansible-2.x migrating to that is also an option.

[simfarm]

@abadger Thank you for this fix Toshio! I can't speak for a regression perspective, but this fix does indeed fix our unicode test fail.

What are next steps - run integration against a release candidate?