--- a/gpgme.i	2025-06-04 14:17:11.000000000 +0200
+++ b/gpgme.i	2026-10-16 23:17:24.427290229 +0200
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
             }
           $1[i] = PyBytes_AsString(pyVector[i]);
         }
-      else if (PyString_Check(o))
-	$1[i] = PyString_AsString(o);
+      else if (PyBytes_Check(o))
+	$1[i] = PyBytes_AsString(o);
       else {
 	PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "arg %d: list must contain only str or bytes, got %s "