2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index e4d520f..463d472 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -454,10 +454,10 @@ class ConnectionWrapper(object):
         return self._loads(s)
 
 def _xml_dumps(obj):
-    return xmlrpclib.dumps((obj,), None, None, None, 1).encode('utf8')
+    return xmlrpclib.dumps((obj,), None, None, None, 1)
 
 def _xml_loads(s):
-    (obj,), method = xmlrpclib.loads(s.decode('utf8'))
+    (obj,), method = xmlrpclib.loads(s)
     return obj
 
 class XmlListener(Listener):
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
index 1eb044d..58415fc 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
@@ -46,13 +46,18 @@ __all__ = ['RawValue', 'RawArray', 'Value', 'Array', 'copy', 'synchronized']
 #
 
 typecode_to_type = {
-    'c': ctypes.c_char,  'u': ctypes.c_wchar,
+    'c': ctypes.c_char,
     'b': ctypes.c_byte,  'B': ctypes.c_ubyte,
     'h': ctypes.c_short, 'H': ctypes.c_ushort,
     'i': ctypes.c_int,   'I': ctypes.c_uint,
     'l': ctypes.c_long,  'L': ctypes.c_ulong,
     'f': ctypes.c_float, 'd': ctypes.c_double
     }
+try:
+    typecode_to_type['u'] = ctypes.c_wchar
+except AttributeError:
+    pass
+
 
 #
 #