Fix html5lib#190: etree on Py2 shouldn't assert unicode strings.

gsnedders · gsnedders · commit b5c082a920bc · 2015-07-07T02:45:55.000+01:00
diff --git a/html5lib/treewalkers/etree.py b/html5lib/treewalkers/etree.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-from six import text_type
+from six import string_types
 
 from . import _base
 from ..utils import moduleFactoryFactory
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def getNodeDetails(self, node):
                 return _base.COMMENT, node.text
 
             else:
-                assert type(node.tag) == text_type, type(node.tag)
+                assert isinstance(node.tag, string_types), type(node.tag)
                 # This is assumed to be an ordinary element
                 match = tag_regexp.match(node.tag)
                 if match:
