utf-8 problems - crash ('ascii' codec can't encode in python 2.7, ValueError: '1000000000' not allowed as Boolean value for boolean-value in 3.4)

[matkoniecz]

crash was triggered by

import odf.opendocument
odf.opendocument.load(u'test.ods')

using python 2.7

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/opendocument.py", line 969, in load
    __loadxmlparts(z, manifest, doc, u'')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/opendocument.py", line 900, in __loadxmlparts
    parser.parse(inpsrc)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse
    xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse
    self.feed(buffer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 210, in feed
    self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 341, in start_element_ns
    AttributesNSImpl(newattrs, qnames))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/load.py", line 78, in startElementNS
    e = Element(qname = tag, qattributes=attrdict, check_grammar=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/element.py", line 318, in __init__
    self.setAttrNS(attr[0], attr[1], value)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/element.py", line 446, in setAttrNS
    self.attributes[(namespace, localpart)] = c.convert((namespace, localpart), value, self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/attrconverters.py", line 1607, in convert
    return conversion(attribute, value, element)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/odf/attrconverters.py", line 41, in cnv_anyURI
    return str(arg)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf3' in position 103: ordinal not in range(128)

using python3.4

  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/opendocument.py", line 969, in load
    __loadxmlparts(z, manifest, doc, u'')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/opendocument.py", line 900, in __loadxmlparts
    parser.parse(inpsrc)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse
    xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse
    self.feed(buffer)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 207, in feed
    self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
  File "../Modules/pyexpat.c", line 405, in StartElement
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 341, in start_element_ns
    AttributesNSImpl(newattrs, qnames))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/load.py", line 78, in startElementNS
    e = Element(qname = tag, qattributes=attrdict, check_grammar=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/element.py", line 318, in __init__
    self.setAttrNS(attr[0], attr[1], value)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/element.py", line 446, in setAttrNS
    self.attributes[(namespace, localpart)] = c.convert((namespace, localpart), value, self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/attrconverters.py", line 1607, in convert
    return conversion(attribute, value, element)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/odf/attrconverters.py", line 52, in cnv_boolean
    raise ValueError( "'%s' not allowed as Boolean value for %s" % (str(arg), attribute[1]))
ValueError: '1000000000' not allowed as Boolean value for boolean-value

Is this library maintained? If yes I may try reducing my file to a testcase.

[Virako]

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