--- a/QScintilla/QsciScintillaCompat.py Thu May 30 18:52:46 2013 +0200 +++ b/QScintilla/QsciScintillaCompat.py Fri May 31 08:56:31 2013 +0200 @@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ """ char = self.SendScintilla(QsciScintilla.SCI_GETCHARAT, pos) if char == 0: - return b"" + return bytearray() if char < 0: char += 256 - return bytes.fromhex("{0:02x}".format(char)) + return bytearray((char,)) def foldLevelAt(self, line): """