# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1149418841 0
# Node ID 5dc4bfe67c20a9642183609ae3f983c5c84eabd3
# Parent  3710e3d0d4a28937256ec7cb8fda8d37eef7d7a2
Actually use the specified encoding in `Stream.render()`.

diff --git a/markup/core.py b/markup/core.py
--- a/markup/core.py
+++ b/markup/core.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         """
         output = u''.join(list(self.serialize(method=method, **kwargs)))
         if encoding is not None:
-            return output.encode('utf-8')
+            return output.encode(encoding)
         return output
 
     def select(self, path):