convert to tag does not work in python 3 about pdfminer.six

[goulu]

can anyone add a test to reproduce this please ? thanks !

[bittner]

@johnsonice It looks like the error message is incomplete. Can you add the missing pieces, and fix the markup using ``` python (which starts a multiline code block)?

[marine9357]

I'm trying to do it as well, here's the error I get :

File "C:\Users\Marine\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pdfminer\tools\pdf2txt.py", line 114, in main 
    interpreter.process_page(page)
File "C:\Users\Marine\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pdfminer\pdfinterp.py", line 851, in process_page 
    self.device.begin_page(page, ctm)
File "C:\Users\Marine\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pdfminer\pdfdevice.py", line 155, in begin_page 
    self.outfp.write(utils.make_compat_bytes(output))
TypeError: write() argument must be str, not bytes

I launched the command like this :

pdf2txt.py -c UTF-8 -o artscient -t tag structure_article_scientifique.pdf

Could it be a problem with the codec value? I also tried to remove the codec parameter, the same error appears.

[TamasNeumer]

Having the same issue both on python2 and python3.6

[pietermarsman]

Closing this because there is nothing reproducible. Feel free to reopen if the problem still exists.

I've tested if the function behaves correctly on Python3.7 and it does.

class TestCompatStr():
    def test_bytes(self):
        s = 'Hello World!'
        b = s.encode()
        ret = make_compat_str(b)
        assert_equal(s, ret)

    def test_str(self):
        s = 'Hello World!'
        ret = make_compat_str(s)
        assert_equal(s, ret)