Edit File: basestring.py
""" An implementation of the basestring type for Python 3 Example use: >>> s = b'abc' >>> assert isinstance(s, basestring) >>> from past.types import str as oldstr >>> s2 = oldstr(b'abc') >>> assert isinstance(s2, basestring) """ import sys from past.utils import with_metaclass, PY2 if PY2: str = unicode ver = sys.version_info[:2] class BaseBaseString(type): def __instancecheck__(cls, instance): return isinstance(instance, (bytes, str)) def __subclasshook__(cls, thing): # TODO: What should go here? raise NotImplemented class basestring(with_metaclass(BaseBaseString)): """ A minimal backport of the Python 2 basestring type to Py3 """ __all__ = ['basestring']