Don't call unicode() directly

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branch : python_6

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/reporters/text.py b/reporters/text.py
index b7bbebb80..acb22b5b6 100644
--- a/reporters/text.py
+++ b/reporters/text.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from logilab.common.textutils import colorize_ansi
 
 from pylint.interfaces import IReporter
 from pylint.reporters import BaseReporter
+import six
 
 TITLE_UNDERLINES = ['', '=', '-', '.']
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class TextReporter(BaseReporter):
         self._template = None
 
     def on_set_current_module(self, module, filepath):
-        self._template = unicode(self.linter.config.msg_template or self.line_format)
+        self._template = six.text_type(self.linter.config.msg_template or self.line_format)
 
     def write_message(self, msg):
         """Convenience method to write a formated message with class default template"""