From 227112cbac65b0a57c6440ddfc4cae8a6146fbc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: unknown <marcel.paffrath@rub.de>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:30:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [change] parameter evtdata of class Data has to be called as
 str object (instead of outdated basestring) to make the class python 3
 compatible

---
 QtPyLoT.py            | 2 +-
 pylot/core/io/data.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/QtPyLoT.py b/QtPyLoT.py
index f32c19b7..b1e132f8 100755
--- a/QtPyLoT.py
+++ b/QtPyLoT.py
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
             event = self.get_current_event()
         data = Data(self, event)
         try:
-            data_new = Data(self, evtdata=fname)
+            data_new = Data(self, evtdata=str(fname))
             data += data_new
         except ValueError:
             qmb = QMessageBox(self, icon=QMessageBox.Question,
diff --git a/pylot/core/io/data.py b/pylot/core/io/data.py
index 21488ce5..343eb778 100644
--- a/pylot/core/io/data.py
+++ b/pylot/core/io/data.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Data(object):
         elif isinstance(evtdata, dict):
             evt = readPILOTEvent(**evtdata)
             evtdata = evt
-        elif isinstance(evtdata, basestring):
+        elif isinstance(evtdata, str):
             try:
                 cat = read_events(evtdata)
                 if len(cat) is not 1: