Patch# 1258 by Christian Heimes: kill basestring.

I like this because it makes the code shorter! :-)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/uu.py b/Lib/uu.py
index 18a9f79c37..da096ea13f 100755
--- a/Lib/uu.py
+++ b/Lib/uu.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def encode(in_file, out_file, name=None, mode=None):
     #
     if in_file == '-':
         in_file = sys.stdin.buffer
-    elif isinstance(in_file, basestring):
+    elif isinstance(in_file, str):
         if name is None:
             name = os.path.basename(in_file)
         if mode is None:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def encode(in_file, out_file, name=None, mode=None):
     #
     if out_file == '-':
         out_file = sys.stdout.buffer
-    elif isinstance(out_file, basestring):
+    elif isinstance(out_file, str):
         out_file = open(out_file, 'wb')
     #
     # Set defaults for name and mode
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def decode(in_file, out_file=None, mode=None, quiet=0):
     #
     if in_file == '-':
         in_file = sys.stdin.buffer
-    elif isinstance(in_file, basestring):
+    elif isinstance(in_file, str):
         in_file = open(in_file, 'rb')
     #
     # Read until a begin is encountered or we've exhausted the file
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def decode(in_file, out_file=None, mode=None, quiet=0):
     opened = False
     if out_file == '-':
         out_file = sys.stdout.buffer
-    elif isinstance(out_file, basestring):
+    elif isinstance(out_file, str):
         fp = open(out_file, 'wb')
         try:
             os.path.chmod(out_file, mode)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def test():
 
     if options.decode:
         if options.text:
-            if isinstance(output, basestring):
+            if isinstance(output, str):
                 output = open(output, 'wb')
             else:
                 print(sys.argv[0], ': cannot do -t to stdout')
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test():
         decode(input, output)
     else:
         if options.text:
-            if isinstance(input, basestring):
+            if isinstance(input, str):
                 input = open(input, 'rb')
             else:
                 print(sys.argv[0], ': cannot do -t from stdin')