Fix for bug 1148: str/bytes issue in httplib's _safe_read().
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index 632c2bc..9abeb61 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
             NoEOFStringIO)
         resp = httplib.HTTPResponse(sock, method="HEAD")
         resp.begin()
-        if resp.read() != "":
+        if resp.read():
             self.fail("Did not expect response from HEAD request")
         resp.close()