--- VSyncer/VSyncer.py	2008/01/02 19:01:35	1.1
+++ VSyncer/VSyncer.py	2008/01/04 15:25:04	1.3
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class VSSyncer(BaseSyncer):
         if type(object) == StringType: object = [object,]
         
         for ob in object:
-            if ob not in allowed_objs_sync: 
+            if allowed_objs_sync and ob not in allowed_objs_sync: 
                 msgs.append(403)    
                 continue
             try:
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ class VSSyncer(BaseSyncer):
                     src += data.data
                     data=data.next
             #return self._encode(src)
+        if isinstance(src,unicode):
+            # encode unicode to string
+            src = src.encode('utf-8')
         return self._encode(md5.new(src).digest())
 
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