X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/twitter-api-cdsw-solutions/blobdiff_plain/4c43c9724c25c3d919cb535973559fab1f1c0a7b..043b63c67557591f1e85b53d17fc8a1a797f48ca:/tweepy/error.py

diff --git a/tweepy/error.py b/tweepy/error.py
index 753e2fe..1c47a5a 100644
--- a/tweepy/error.py
+++ b/tweepy/error.py
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 # Copyright 2009-2010 Joshua Roesslein
 # See LICENSE for details.
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import six
+
+
 class TweepError(Exception):
     """Tweepy exception"""
 
     def __init__(self, reason, response=None):
-        self.reason = unicode(reason)
+        self.reason = six.text_type(reason)
         self.response = response
         Exception.__init__(self, reason)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.reason
-