Merge pull request #325 from npetrangelo/patch-3

Update __init__.py

RNS/__init__.py

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def timestamp_str(time_s):
 
 def log(msg, level=3, _override_destination = False):
     global _always_override_destination, compact_log_fmt
-    
+    msg = str(msg)
     if loglevel >= level:
         if not compact_log_fmt:
             logstring = "["+timestamp_str(time.time())+"] ["+loglevelname(level)+"] "+msg
@@ -238,4 +238,4 @@ def panic():
 
 def exit():
     print("")
-    sys.exit(0)
+    sys.exit(0)