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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/compat.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py index 74702786a..dbb91a6ef 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/compat.py +++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py @@ -256,6 +256,16 @@ else: el.text = el.text.decode('utf-8') return doc +if sys.version_info < (2, 7): + # 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 . ! + def compat_xpath(xpath): + if isinstance(xpath, compat_str): + xpath = xpath.encode('ascii') + return xpath +else: + compat_xpath = lambda xpath: xpath + try: from urllib.parse import parse_qs as compat_parse_qs except ImportError: # Python 2 @@ -585,6 +595,7 @@ __all__ = [ 'compat_urlparse', 'compat_urlretrieve', 'compat_xml_parse_error', + 'compat_xpath', 'shlex_quote', 'subprocess_check_output', 'workaround_optparse_bug9161', |