diff -r f9e3b6472b44 -r 07030b761baf Utilities/compatibility_fixes.py
--- a/Utilities/compatibility_fixes.py Sun Mar 15 18:55:40 2015 +0100
+++ b/Utilities/compatibility_fixes.py Thu Mar 26 22:20:47 2015 +0100
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
should throw a NotImplementedError exception.
"""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
import __builtin__
import codecs
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@
@exception NotImplementedError for not implemented method parameters
"""
self.__encoding = encoding
- self.__newline = newline
+ self.__newline = str(newline)
self.__closefd = closefd
if newline is not None:
if 'r' in mode:
