Check for bytes instead of unicode in args.

This simplifies the checks since the bytes type is available in all
supported python versions, while the unicode type is only available in
python2.

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/bin/lock-helper.py b/bin/lock-helper.py
index 5f3ea9f09..065ddcbc4 100755
--- a/bin/lock-helper.py
+++ b/bin/lock-helper.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 2010-2011 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 import os
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import portage
 
 def main(args):
 
-	if args and sys.hexversion < 0x3000000 and not isinstance(args[0], unicode):
+	if args and isinstance(args[0], bytes):
 		for i, x in enumerate(args):
 			args[i] = portage._unicode_decode(x, errors='strict')
 
diff --git a/bin/portageq b/bin/portageq
index 02f19040c..40cc21d27 100755
--- a/bin/portageq
+++ b/bin/portageq
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ def main():
 		os.environ["ROOT"] = root
 
 	args = sys.argv[2:]
-	if args and sys.hexversion < 0x3000000 and not isinstance(args[0], unicode):
+	if args and isinstance(args[0], bytes):
 		for i in range(len(args)):
 			args[i] = portage._unicode_decode(args[i])
 
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/main.py b/pym/_emerge/main.py
index 0dfc5f998..162f70ffd 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/main.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/main.py
@@ -1233,8 +1233,7 @@ def parse_opts(tmpcmdline, silent=False):
 	if myaction is None and myoptions.deselect is True:
 		myaction = 'deselect'
 
-	if myargs and sys.hexversion < 0x3000000 and \
-		not isinstance(myargs[0], unicode):
+	if myargs and isinstance(myargs[0], bytes):
 		for i in range(len(myargs)):
 			myargs[i] = portage._unicode_decode(myargs[i])