X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Ffilename.py;h=3f541046ff495bc65cb6f28f50eb5fff2e64b0b3;hp=969931a4e253f5d4f22a92e387c87f43176f23b5;hb=8015cbff263606f009b5750d23b28ee332c25db8;hpb=4a6642a2a1e2d15f71fff6b6a0b4bbb0296e2bdb

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
index 969931a4..3f541046 100644
--- 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