From: Andrey "Zed" Zaikin <zed.0xff@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:14:02 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: fixes python3 TypeError; python2 intact
X-Git-Tag: v18.07-rc1~482
X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7fe930b73f28bb62c26a4bfbe3871d684c045706;p=vpp.git

fixes python3 TypeError; python2 intact

exception in vpp_api.vac_write():
"TypeError: initializer for ctype 'char *' must be a bytes or list or
tuple, not str"

Change-Id: Ib6bcfb86e6e36c557174979a110113af689c6754
Signed-off-by: Andrey "Zed" Zaikin <zed.0xff@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
index 35edd491085..5fa82a30acb 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ class VPP():
         """Send a binary-packed message to VPP."""
         if not self.connected:
             raise IOError(1, 'Not connected')
-        return vpp_api.vac_write(str(buf), len(buf))
+        return vpp_api.vac_write(bytes(buf), len(buf))
 
     def _read(self):
         if not self.connected: