From d07c18c1e8e7e64e4f3425b0c3644c4afb5d540b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Perkins <a2@obuilds.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 16:30:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] attempts bytes decode if parser cannot determine a value type

---
 dbfread/field_parser.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dbfread/field_parser.py b/dbfread/field_parser.py
index b462a2d..166687a 100644
--- a/dbfread/field_parser.py
+++ b/dbfread/field_parser.py
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ def parseL(self, field, data):
             return False
         elif data in b'? \0':
             return None
+        elif type(data) == bytes:
+            return data.decode()
         else:
             # Todo: return something? (But that would be misleading!)
             message = 'Illegal value for logical field: {!r}'