| Index: recipe_engine/stream.py
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| diff --git a/recipe_engine/stream.py b/recipe_engine/stream.py
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| index 84de2b67c25cff2a1c1e269653ff3068d0575a1a..52608677946814f9a5ed0015b71e21454212911e 100644
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| --- a/recipe_engine/stream.py
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| +++ b/recipe_engine/stream.py
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| @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class AnnotationStepStream(StreamEngine.StepStream):
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|      raise NotImplementedError()
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|  
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|    def output_annotation(self, *args):
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| -    self.basic_write('@@@' + '@'.join(map(str, args)) + '@@@\n')
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| +    self.basic_write('@@@' + '@'.join(map(unicode, args)) + '@@@\n')
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|  
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|    def write_line(self, line):
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|      if line.startswith('@@@'):
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| 
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