XML parsing and ReportLab combination cause extra single quote in PDF

[Robin Becker]

In article <mailman.989978243.25158.python-list at python.org>,
vmhe at alumni.princeton.edu writes
>The below thread is from reportlab-users, but the problem seems to 
>stem from my xml parsing. 
>
>Essentially, any XML that I parse and then add to a PDF using 
>reportlab is added with an extra apostrophe or single quote before 
>it.  Trimming the string using str = str[1:len(str)] removes the 
>first character from the string, not the single quote.
>
>Has anyone seen this or know how to fix it?  It is causing much 
>anguish.
>
>Many thanks,
>Ginger
>
>vmhe @ alumni.princeton.edu
>
>
for the record this is a unicode vs string problem
-- 
Robin Becker