can't get utf8 / unicode strings from embedded python

[David M. Cotter]

i am already doing (3), and all is working perfectly.  bytestring literals are fine, i'm not sure what this trouble is that you speak of.

note that i'm not using PyRun_AnyFile(), i'm loading the script myself, assumed as utf8 (which was my original problem, i had assumed it was macRoman), then calling PyRun_SimpleString().  it works flawlessly now, on both mac and windows.