--- bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py index 99e6a10..c52790c 100644 --- a/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py +++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/globals.py @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ along with notmuch. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>' """ +import sys from ctypes import CDLL, c_char_p, c_int, Structure, POINTER #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -200,9 +201,9 @@ def _str(value): C++ code expects strings to be well formatted and unicode strings to have no null bytes.""" - if not isinstance(value, basestring): + if not isinstance(value, basestring if sys.version_info[0] == 2 else str): raise TypeError("Expected str or unicode, got %s" % str(type(value))) - if isinstance(value, unicode): + if sys.version_info[0] == 3 or isinstance(value, unicode): return value.encode('UTF-8') return value -- 1.7.7.3