Fix extra blank line above code blocks with +python3

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ftplugin/hackernews.py b/ftplugin/hackernews.py
index bdb2a48..9cb338b 100644
--- a/ftplugin/hackernews.py
+++ b/ftplugin/hackernews.py
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ def bwrite(s):
         s = s.encode('utf-8', errors='replace')
 
     # Code block markers for syntax highlighting
-    if s == unichr(160).encode('utf-8') and not b[-1]:
+    cb = unichr(160)
+    if isinstance(cb, unicode):
+        cb = cb.encode('utf-8')
+    if s == cb and not b[-1]:
         b[-1] = s
         return