From d85ad70ef457cfd35a1c738dd3b815580a1d439f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jochen Keil <1392715+jchnkl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:04:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix TypeErrors

* Use bytes-like objects instead of str
* basestring does not exist in python 3
---
 wpactrl/wpa_ctrl_iface.py | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wpactrl/wpa_ctrl_iface.py b/wpactrl/wpa_ctrl_iface.py
index 361357e..3a5a329 100644
--- a/wpactrl/wpa_ctrl_iface.py
+++ b/wpactrl/wpa_ctrl_iface.py
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ def wpa_ctrl_request(ctrl, cmd, msg_cb=None, reply_len=4096):
 
 
 def wpa_ctrl_attach_helper(ctrl, attach):
-    ret = wpa_ctrl_request(ctrl, 'ATTACH' if attach else 'DETACH')
+    ret = wpa_ctrl_request(ctrl, b'ATTACH' if attach else b'DETACH')
 
-    if isinstance(ret, basestring):
-        return ret == 'OK\n'
-    else:
-        return ret
+    if ret:
+      return ret == b'OK\n'
+
+    return False
 
 def wpa_ctrl_attach(ctrl):
     '''