more python3 string fixes: only convert to bytes when needed

git-svn-id: https://xpra.org/svn/Xpra/trunk@6183 3bb7dfac-3a0b-4e04-842a-767bc560f471
Xpra-org · Apr 27, 2014 · a62082e · a62082e
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diff --git a/src/xpra/net/protocol.py b/src/xpra/net/protocol.py
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ def lz4_compress(packet, level):
     long = int          #@ReservedAssignment
     unicode = str           #@ReservedAssignment
     def zcompress(packet, level):
-        return level + ZLIB_FLAG, compress(bytes(packet, 'UTF-8'), level)
+        if type(packet)!=bytes:
+            packet = bytes(packet, 'UTF-8')
+        return level + ZLIB_FLAG, compress(packet, level)
 else:
     def zcompress(packet, level):
         return level + ZLIB_FLAG, compress(str(packet), level)