commit 4ab23bfbeb94f1ade79def3d096ed2daaea6bc79
author Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> Tue Jan 08 11:32:58 2013 +0200
committer Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> Tue Jan 08 11:32:58 2013 +0200
tree 6b63bfb5d10d7d42601a46da7fe5c051085f980f
parent e50f4d2220c22cc84208ba3f1702ffa4e9df6196

Issue #15845: Fix comparison between bytes and string.

Lib/os.py

diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index d1101a2..81e037a 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@
             # be happy if someone already created the path
             if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                 raise
-        if tail == curdir:           # xxx/newdir/. exists if xxx/newdir exists
+        cdir = curdir
+        if isinstance(tail, bytes):
+            cdir = bytes(curdir, 'ASCII')
+        if tail == cdir:           # xxx/newdir/. exists if xxx/newdir exists
             return
     try:
         mkdir(name, mode)