Index: src/org/python/core/PyObject.java
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--- src/org/python/core/PyObject.java	(revision 3440)
+++ src/org/python/core/PyObject.java	(working copy)
@@ -992,6 +992,9 @@
         if (ret != null)
             return ret._doget(this);
         return null;*/
+        PyString ps = new PyString(name);
+	 if(ps.isunicode())
+	     ps.encode();
 
         return object___findattr__(name);
     }
Index: Lib/test/test_builtin.py
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--- Lib/test/test_builtin.py	(revision 3440)
+++ Lib/test/test_builtin.py	(working copy)
@@ -425,20 +425,14 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, getattr, sys, 1)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, getattr, sys, 1, "foo")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, getattr)
-# Jython transition 2.3
-# hasattr, getattr allow unicode identifiers
-# http://jython.org/bugs/1768979
-#        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, getattr, sys, unichr(sys.maxunicode))
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, getattr, sys, unichr(sys.maxunicode))
 
     def test_hasattr(self):
         import sys
         self.assert_(hasattr(sys, 'stdout'))
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, hasattr, sys, 1)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, hasattr)
-# Jython transition 2.3
-# hasattr, getattr allow unicode identifiers
-# http://jython.org/bugs/1768979
-#        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, hasattr, sys, unichr(sys.maxunicode))
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, hasattr, sys, unichr(sys.maxunicode))
 
     def test_hash(self):
         hash(None)