Cannot import module on Python 3 (but compiling works fine)

[wbolster]

I can't get this to work on python 3.4 (osx):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "url.py", line 3, in <module>
    import re2 as re
  File "re2.pyx", line 1, in init re2 (src/re2.cpp:13681)
NameError: basestring

[NomAnor]

Same problem here with Linux Mint 17 and Python 3.4.3

[yabaoya]

@wbolster how can you solve this problem ?

[wbolster]

the module isn't ported to python 3 at all, so you cannot easily work around this.

[andreasvc]

Have a look at my fork: https://github.com/andreasvc/pyre2 I made a lot of improvements, including Python 3 compatibility.

[VitoVan]

@andreasvc Thanks, you have done a great job!

[leewz]

Quick and very dirty fix:

>>> __builtins__.basestring = str
>>> import re2
>>>