Also encode stderr, for better display of errors

Fixes JessicaTegner#226
david-jointech · Aug 4, 2021 · 4e928d9 · 4e928d9
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diff --git a/pypandoc/__init__.py b/pypandoc/__init__.py
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ def _convert_input(source, format, input_type, to, extra_args=(), outputfile=Non
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
         # this shouldn't happen: pandoc more or less garantees that the output is utf-8!
         raise RuntimeError('Pandoc output was not utf-8.')
+
+    try:
+        stderr = stderr.decode('utf-8')
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        # this shouldn't happen: pandoc more or less garantees that the output is utf-8!
+        raise RuntimeError('Pandoc output was not utf-8.')
 
     # check that pandoc returned successfully
     if p.returncode != 0: