From 759d4a59413c1686a0786084dfef900ad6a7e57a 2014-06-06 01:24:44
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: 2014-06-06 01:24:44
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for using Type traitlet

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diff --git a/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py b/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py
index 535fc1f..37a126d 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class IPKernelApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp,
         shell_stream = ZMQStream(self.shell_socket)
         control_stream = ZMQStream(self.control_socket)
         
-        kernel_factory = import_item(str(self.kernel_class))
+        kernel_factory = self.kernel_class
 
         kernel = kernel_factory(parent=self, session=self.session,
                                 shell_streams=[shell_stream, control_stream],