From 486d291190ce89e94a65e92ef5bf3ecb09d4eb4c 2012-08-27 06:06:48
From: Jörgen Stenarson <jorgen.stenarson@kroywen.se>
Date: 2012-08-27 06:06:48
Subject: [PATCH] Compare against python2 str version

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diff --git a/IPython/core/ultratb.py b/IPython/core/ultratb.py
index fc61652..16130a1 100644
--- a/IPython/core/ultratb.py
+++ b/IPython/core/ultratb.py
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ class VerboseTB(TBTools):
             #print '*** record:',file,lnum,func,lines,index  # dbg
             if not file:
                 file = '?'
-            elif not(file.startswith("<") and file.endswith(">")):
+            elif not(file.startswith(str("<")) and file.endswith(str(">"))):
                 # Guess that filenames like <string> aren't real filenames, so
                 # don't call abspath on them.                    
                 try: