@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def _cbor_decode(cbor):
return (data[0:ln], data[ln:])
elif fb_type == _CBOR_TEXT_STRING:
ln, data = _read_length(cbor[1:], fb_aux)
return (data[0:ln].decode(), data[ln:])
return (bytes(data[0:ln]).decode(), data[ln:])
elif fb_type == _CBOR_ARRAY:
if fb_aux == _CBOR_VAR_FOLLOWS:
res = []