--- PyXML-0.8.4/xml/parsers/xmlproc/xmlutils.py.orig	2009-12-30 11:43:21.000000000 +0100
+++ PyXML-0.8.4/xml/parsers/xmlproc/xmlutils.py	2009-12-30 11:44:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@
             # to the recoding.
             try:
                 self.data = self.charset_converter(self.data)
+                self.datasize = len(self.data)
             except UnicodeError, e:
                 self._handle_decoding_error(self.data, e)
             self.input_encoding = enc1