UnicodeDecodeError on workspace event

[willemw12]

When running a simple python3 test, using:
def my_function(event, data, subscription):
...
subscription = i3.Subscription(my_function, 'workspace')

Then the event thread crashes when visiting (mod-<1..0>) certain invisible workspaces. Not all invisible workspaces cause a crash:

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.3/threading.py", line 637, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages/i3.py", line 324, in run
self.listen()
File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages/i3.py", line 338, in listen
event = self.event_socket.receive()
File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages/i3.py", line 218, in receive
return self.unpack(data)
File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages/i3.py", line 248, in unpack
payload = data[self.struct_header_size:msg_size].decode('utf-8')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x80 in position 992: invalid start byte

[mossblaser]

Hello,

I have fixed this bug in my fork and have submitted a pull request.

I hope this scratches your itch as much as mine!

Jonathan