Unicode filename throws IOError

If the filename for the ASE includes unicode characters, it causes SwIm to throw an IOError and fail. Just ran into this with ArtSmart and fixed it by wrapping my filename with unicode(filename,'utf-8') within the open call (or prior to to open call).

-    f = open(filename, "rb")
+    f = open(unicode(filename,'utf-8'), "rb")

Steps to Reproduce:

Open Character Map in Windows
Click a bunch of random accented unicode characters
Click Copy
Create a new folder, paste the crazy unicode as the folder name
Put an ASE in the folder
File-Open, that ASE

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