Editing annotation with non english caracters is not working

[etiennepouliot]

To reproduce :

vmconf = vim.vm.ConfigSpec() 
vmconf.annotation = u'ééééééé'
vm.ReconfigVM_Task(vmconf)

Result in :

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 580, in
self.f(_(self.args + (obj,) + args), *_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 386, in _InvokeMethod
return self._stub.InvokeMethod(self, info, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1321, in InvokeMethod
req = self.SerializeRequest(mo, info, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 938, in SerializeRequest
result.append(_SerializeToUnicode(arg, param, self.version, nsMap))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 180, in _SerializeToUnicode
SoapSerializer(writer, version, nsMap).Serialize(val, info)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 255, in Serialize
self._Serialize(val, info, self.defaultNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 340, in _Serialize
self._SerializeDataObject(val, info, attr, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 483, in _SerializeDataObject
self._Serialize(getattr(val, prop.name), prop, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 387, in _Serialize
self._Serialize(it, itemInfo, defNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 340, in _Serialize
self._SerializeDataObject(val, info, attr, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 483, in _SerializeDataObject
self._Serialize(getattr(val, prop.name), prop, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 340, in _Serialize
self._SerializeDataObject(val, info, attr, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 483, in _SerializeDataObject
self._Serialize(getattr(val, prop.name), prop, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 340, in _Serialize
self._SerializeDataObject(val, info, attr, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 483, in _SerializeDataObject
self._Serialize(getattr(val, prop.name), prop, currDefNS)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 451, in _Serialize
self.writer.write('<{0}{1}>{2}</{0}>'.format(info.name, attr, result))

I think to solve is simply to make sure that's writtern in unicode (the u before the quote) :
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py
self.writer.write(u'<{0}{1}>{2}</{0}>'.format(info.name, attr, result))

Tester with version 6.0.0.2016.6.