From 5a8b9dca5dd9483add4a52060e71dab962a177d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mercierc <celine.mercier@scionresearch.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:12:04 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] goes with previous commit

---
 python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx b/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
index db844e1..2c8a95b 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def open_uri(uri,
              dms_only=False,
              force_file=False):
 
-    if not uri.isascii():
+    if type(uri) == str and not uri.isascii():
         raise Exception("Paths must be ASCII characters only")
             
     cdef bytes urib = tobytes(uri)