[LIBCLOUD-1011] A unicode string is not an instance of basestring on Python 2.7.5

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Core

Environment

Python 2.7.5 on Centos 7.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Nigel B
• Created: 04/Sep/18 09:38
• Updated: 05/Sep/18 15:49

Description

I've run into a problem with basestring defined in libcloud.utils.py3 for python. It does not recognize unicode as an instance of basestring. That doesn't sound right.

 

Here's terminal output from a machine where I can consistently reproduce this issue.

 

$ python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug  4 2017, 00:39:18)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> foo = u'my-unicode-string'
>>> isinstance(foo, basestring)
True
>>> from libcloud.utils.py3 import basestring
/srv/softserve/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libcloud/utils/py3.py:60: UserWarning: Missing backports.ssl_match_hostname package
  warnings.warn("Missing backports.ssl_match_hostname package")
>>> isinstance(foo, basestring)
False