[erlang-questions] problem with eldap module

[Minin Maxim]

Hello,

I have a problem with eldap module.  The call  eldap:simple_bind(Handle, Dn, Password) don't work correct if the password contains sign '§'.
Is it a known issue? Have I to report this as a bug?

I think , the cause of the problem is maybe the encoding function in ELDAPv3 module (asn1 module from eldap lib). I have generated ELDAPv3.erl from ELDAPv3.asn1 (call asn1ct:compile("ELDAPv3.asn1") and found this:
...
encode(Type, Data) ->
try iolist_to_binary(element(1, encode_disp(Type, Data))) of
  Bytes ->
    {ok,Bytes}
......

this call to iolist_to_binary makes the problem by § sign and should by replace by  unicode:characters_to_binary/3
1> erlang:iolist_to_binary([167]).
<<"§">>
2> unicode:characters_to_binary([167], utf8, utf8).
<<"§"/utf8>>
3>

As a workaround I just convert the password string to binary bevor eldap:simple_bind/4 call, like that:
...
PaswordAsBin = unicode:characters_to_binary(Password,utf8,utf8),
BindAnswer =  eldap:simple_bind(UserHandle,DN,PaswordAsBin),
...

It works but according to documentation of eldap module the password have to be string:
"simple_bind(Handle, Dn, Password) -> return_value()
                OTP R15B01
Types
Handle = handle()
Dn = string()
Password = string()
Authenticate the connection using simple authentication."

Thanks
Maxim

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