pymavlink: fixed assumption that type(x) returns just the type

it returns "<type 'bytearray'>" on some versions of python
AlexSatrapa · Nov 4, 2015 · fc7ce0d · fc7ce0d
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commit fc7ce0d
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/pymavlink/mavutil.py b/pymavlink/mavutil.py
@@ -760,10 +760,9 @@ def recv(self,n=None):
 
     def write(self, buf):
         try:
-            if type(buf) == 'str':
-                return self.port.write(buf)
-            if type(buf) == 'bytearray':
-                return self.port.write(str(buf)) 
+            if not isinstance(buf, str):
+                buf = str(buf)
+            return self.port.write(buf)
         except Exception:
             if not self.portdead:
                 print("Device %s is dead" % self.device)