From 897250d50dd084173873496634dd91aeb3e10cbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giuseppe Lo Presti <giuseppe.lopresti@cern.ch>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:27:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not force a type conversion as the type is hinted in the
 signature

---
 cs3client/file.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cs3client/file.py b/cs3client/file.py
index 3388010..e8a5554 100644
--- a/cs3client/file.py
+++ b/cs3client/file.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def set_xattr(self, auth_token: tuple, resource: Resource, key: str, value: str,
         :raises: UnknownException (Unknown error)
         """
         md = cs3spr.ArbitraryMetadata()
-        md.metadata.update({key: str(value)})  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        md.metadata.update({key: value})  # pylint: disable=no-member
         req = cs3sp.SetArbitraryMetadataRequest(ref=resource.ref, arbitrary_metadata=md, lock_id=lock_id)
         res = self._gateway.SetArbitraryMetadata(request=req, metadata=[auth_token])
         # CS3 storages may refuse to set an xattr in case of lock mismatch: this is an overprotection,