Deal with self.library_import_str as str()

Signed-off-by: Tushar Gohad <tushar.gohad@intel.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/python/pyeclib/ec_iface.py b/src/python/pyeclib/ec_iface.py
index 5b74b93..a6fa47f 100644
--- a/src/python/pyeclib/ec_iface.py
+++ b/src/python/pyeclib/ec_iface.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ECDriver(object):
         self.k = -1
         self.m = -1
         self.w = -1
-        self.library_import_str = -1
+        self.library_import_str = None
         for (key, value) in kwargs.items():
             if key == "k":
                 self.k = int(value)
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class ECDriver(object):
 
         if library_import_str is not None:
             self.library_import_str = library_import_str
+        else:
+            raise ECDriverError(
+                "Library import string (library_import_str) was not specified "
+                "and is a required argument!")
 
         if self.k < 0:
             raise ECDriverError(
@@ -100,10 +104,6 @@ class ECDriver(object):
             raise ECDriverError(
                 "Number of parity fragments (m) was not specified "
                 "and is a required argument!")
-        if self.library_import_str < 0:
-            raise ECDriverError(
-                "Library import string (library_import_str) was not specified "
-                "and is a required argument!")
 
         #
         # We require keyword arguments to prevent ambiguity between EC libs