diff --git a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
index d20f76f67caed469ae13ba33095aa2c2bf8f5535..97d73e4725b884f73845d9195732ee854b7d701f 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.FileDatabase)):
**kwargs
):
- assert isinstance(name, str)
+ assert isinstance(name, six.string_types)
super(BioDatabase, self).__init__(
original_directory=original_directory,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.FileDatabase)):
"""
if replacements is None:
return
- if isinstance(replacements, str):
+ if isinstance(replacements, six.string_types):
if not os.path.exists(replacements):
return
# Open the database replacement file and reads its content
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/database/filelist/query.py b/bob/bio/base/database/filelist/query.py
index 4bb6487ba9a86e080f6cd5e2ee91b11653a3cf57..1f55662920a6e28a28f699d52b94189096283767 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/database/filelist/query.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/database/filelist/query.py
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ class FileListBioDatabase(ZTBioDatabase):
The full path of the original data file.
"""
- if isinstance(self.original_extension, str):
+ if isinstance(self.original_extension, six.string_types):
# extract file name
file_name = file.make_path(self.original_directory, self.original_extension)
if check_existence and os.path.exists(file_name):
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/grid.py b/bob/bio/base/grid.py
index 6390661377eb5fbc73383d8c0df8c8c965bae3ff..60aa0125daebb7903befde653ec53d4e184be123 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/grid.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/grid.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
# @author: Manuel Guenther <Manuel.Guenther@idiap.ch>
# @date: Tue Oct 2 12:12:39 CEST 2012
-
+import six
PREDEFINED_QUEUES = {
'default' : {},
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Grid (object):
"""
if self.is_local():
return {}
- if isinstance(params, str) and params in PREDEFINED_QUEUES:
+ if isinstance(params, six.string_types) and params in PREDEFINED_QUEUES:
return PREDEFINED_QUEUES[params]
elif isinstance(params, dict):
return params
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py b/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py
index e766070605b3e5b60593e8d9ba3ae22047331f91..d8bb712fa868d0715572771ed2772e7edc94dd2d 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import argparse
import os
import socket
import sys
+import six
import bob.core
import bob.extension
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ def take_from_config_or_command_line(args, config, keyword, default, required=Tr
elif config is not None and hasattr(config, keyword):
val = getattr(config, keyword)
- if isinstance(val, str) and is_resource:
+ if isinstance(val, six.string_types) and is_resource:
val = utils.load_resource(val, keyword, imports=args.imports, package_prefix=args.package_prefix,
preferred_package=args.preferred_package)
setattr(args, keyword, val)
@@ -294,10 +295,10 @@ def parse_config_file(parsers, args, args_dictionary, keywords, skips):
take_from_config_or_command_line(args, config, "sub_directory",
parser.get_default("sub_directory"), is_resource=False)
-
+
take_from_config_or_command_line(args, config, "env",
parser.get_default("env"), is_resource=False)
-
+
skip_keywords = tuple(['skip_' + k.replace('-', '_') for k in skips])
for keyword in keywords + skip_keywords + ('execute_only',):
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/utils/__init__.py b/bob/bio/base/utils/__init__.py
index 75737bdcead5cabb6aecc3e39e438cb4ab492944..6738ad5ec656126ab9f0e9d6b52ca24d6cbe0843 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/utils/__init__.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def selected_elements(list_of_elements, desired_number_of_elements = None):
def pretty_print(obj, kwargs):
"""Returns a pretty-print of the parameters to the constructor of a class, which should be able to copy-paste on the command line to create the object (with few exceptions)."""
- return "%s(%s)" % (str(obj.__class__), ", ".join(["%s='%s'" % (key,value) if isinstance(value, str) else "%s=%s" % (key, value) for key,value in kwargs.items() if value is not None]))
+ return "%s(%s)" % (str(obj.__class__), ", ".join(["%s='%s'" % (key,value) if isinstance(value, six.string_types) else "%s=%s" % (key, value) for key,value in kwargs.items() if value is not None]))
def is_argument_available(argument, method):
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py b/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py
index 5f6f4c138a11eba79d7defba80aa8b6ced3a21df..fa5e3c42949e026c383fd475406f0471ad2d2770 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
from string import letters as ascii_letters
else:
from string import ascii_letters
+import six
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger("bob.bio.base")
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ def load_resource(resource, keyword, imports = ['bob.bio.base'], package_prefix=
for i in imports:
exec ("import %s"%i)
# now, evaluate the resource (re-evaluate if the resource is still a string)
- while isinstance(resource, str):
+ while isinstance(resource, six.string_types):
resource = eval(resource)
return resource
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 126977b7139886916969a25025f5734e2cbaf5f1..fa9ebaea253d2a12675101a6e0ac1c788761a381 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ requirements:
- bob.measure
- bob.sp
- scipy {{ scipy }}
+ - six {{ six }}
run:
- python
- setuptools
- scipy
+ - six
test:
imports:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc8552c051bfbe99ce18336104afbc26fc222734..774aac2d24b68ddeecc440d62d4a64ae2b2ecab2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ click-plugins
numpy
scipy
setuptools
+six