Fix quoting of bytestrings. (#23)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/paste/util/quoting.py b/paste/util/quoting.py
index 58ea308..b3d28a4 100644
--- a/paste/util/quoting.py
+++ b/paste/util/quoting.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ def html_quote(v, encoding=None):
     if v is None:
         return ''
     elif isinstance(v, six.binary_type):
-        return html.escape(v, 1)
+        if six.PY3:
+            return html.escape(v.decode(encoding), 1).encode(encoding)
+        else:
+            return html.escape(v, 1)
     elif isinstance(v, six.text_type):
         if six.PY3:
             return html.escape(v, 1)