Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/common/utils.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/common/utils.py	(revision 78463)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/common/utils.py	(revision 78464)
@@ -2099,8 +2099,8 @@
     else:
         if isString(oLeft):
-            try:    oLeft = bytearray(oLeft, 'utf-8');
+            try:    oLeft = bytearray(oLeft, 'utf-8');      # pylint: disable=redefined-variable-type
             except: pass;
         if isString(oRight):
-            try:    oRight = bytearray(oRight, 'utf-8');
+            try:    oRight = bytearray(oRight, 'utf-8');    # pylint: disable=redefined-variable-type
             except: pass;