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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/utils.py7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index a4c9813ec..4ade0554e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree
import zlib
from .compat import (
+ compat_basestring,
compat_chr,
compat_getenv,
compat_html_entities,
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ else:
def find_xpath_attr(node, xpath, key, val):
# Here comes the crazy part: In 2.6, if the xpath is a unicode,
# .//node does not match if a node is a direct child of . !
- if isinstance(xpath, unicode):
+ if isinstance(xpath, compat_str):
xpath = xpath.encode('ascii')
for f in node.findall(xpath):
@@ -1262,7 +1263,7 @@ def float_or_none(v, scale=1, invscale=1, default=None):
def parse_duration(s):
- if not isinstance(s, basestring if sys.version_info < (3, 0) else compat_str):
+ if not isinstance(s, compat_basestring):
return None
s = s.strip()
@@ -1426,7 +1427,7 @@ def uppercase_escape(s):
def escape_rfc3986(s):
"""Escape non-ASCII characters as suggested by RFC 3986"""
- if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and isinstance(s, unicode):
+ if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and isinstance(s, compat_str):
s = s.encode('utf-8')
return compat_urllib_parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]")