--- /usr/lib64/python2.7/decimal.py.old	2011-04-11 18:40:55.930043000 -0400
+++ /usr/lib64/python2.7/decimal.py	2011-04-11 18:42:53.300043003 -0400
@@ -3711,7 +3711,7 @@ rounding_functions = [name for name in D
                                     if name.startswith('_round_')]
 for name in rounding_functions:
     # name is like _round_half_even, goes to the global ROUND_HALF_EVEN value.
-    globalname = name[1:].upper()
+    globalname = str(unicode(name[1:]).upper())
     val = globals()[globalname]
     Decimal._pick_rounding_function[val] = name