python: fix error handling

[notmuch] / bindings / python / notmuch / filename.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
index 969931a4e253f5d4f22a92e387c87f43176f23b5..3f541046ff495bc65cb6f28f50eb5fff2e64b0b3 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Filenames(Python3StringMixIn):
              reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
              once all derived objects are dead.
         """
-        if files_p is None:
+        if not files_p:
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
 
         self._files = files_p
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class Filenames(Python3StringMixIn):
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
 
         while self._valid(self._files):
-            yield Filenames._get(self._files)
+            yield Filenames._get(self._files).decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
             self._move_to_next(self._files)
 
         self._files = None