RE #27722 Replace six.text_types

Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/ConfigServiceTest.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class ConfigServiceTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_appending_paths(self):
         new_path_list = self._setup_test_areas()
         try:
-            config.appendDataSearchDir(six.text_type(new_path_list[0]))
+            config.appendDataSearchDir(str(new_path_list[0]))
             updated_paths = config.getDataSearchDirs()
         finally:
             self._clean_up_test_areas()

Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/UnitLabelTest.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class UnitLabelTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_utf8_is_converted_to_unicode_object(self):
         tof = UnitFactory.Instance().create("TOF")
         unit_lbl = tof.symbol()
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(unit_lbl.utf8(), six.text_type))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(unit_lbl.utf8(), str))
         self.assertEqual(u"\u03bcs", unit_lbl.utf8())
         self.assertEqual("\mu s", unit_lbl.latex())
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class UnitLabelTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_unicode_function_produces_unicode_string_from_label_py2(self):
         if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
             label = UnitLabel("MyLabel", u"\u03bcs","\mu s")
-            self.assertTrue(isinstance(unicode(label), six.text_type))
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(unicode(label), str))
             self.assertEqual(u"\u03bcs", unicode(label))
         else:
             pass

scripts/AbinsModules/IOmodule.py

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class IOmodule(object):
         :param item: item to convert to unicode str if Python 2 str
         :returns: laundered item
         """
-        if isinstance(item, six.text_type):
+        if isinstance(item, str):
             return item.encode('utf-8')
         else:
             return item