os.getcwd() is returning str8; sys.path items are str.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index a9b8f72..21cdbc5 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -1365,7 +1365,10 @@
if not dir in sys.path:
sys.path.insert(0, dir)
else:
- dir = os.getcwd()
+ dir = str(os.getcwd()) ### os.getcwd() returning str8 but sys.path
+ ### items are type 'str'. Remove the cast
+ ### when fixed and assertion fails
+ assert isinstance(os.getcwd(), str8) ###
if not dir in sys.path:
sys.path.insert(0, dir)
# check the IDLE settings configuration (but command line overrides)