python 2to3 migration tool fix_basestring

[davidlange6]

apply fixes.fix_basestring tool from python futurize tool

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A new Pull Request was created by @davidlange6 (David Lange) for master.

It involves the following packages:

Alignment/MuonAlignment
CalibMuon/DTCalibration
Configuration/AlCa
Configuration/PyReleaseValidation
Documentation/ReferenceManualScripts
FWCore/ParameterSet
FWCore/PythonUtilities
FWCore/Skeletons
L1Trigger/L1TMuonEndCap
PhysicsTools/HeppyCore
PhysicsTools/PythonAnalysis
RecoHI/HiEgammaAlgos
RecoLuminosity/LumiDB
SimTracker/TrackerMaterialAnalysis
Utilities/ReleaseScripts
Validation/RecoTrack

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[Dr15Jones]

Wouldn't this break our python 7 code if we happen to have any unicode? See
https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#basestring

[davidlange6]

please test

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[arunhep]

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[thomreis]

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[fabiocos]

@Dr15Jones @ggovi @fabozzi @prebello @cmsdoxy could you please check and sign it in case?

[fabozzi]

+1

[ggovi]

+1

[Dr15Jones]

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I guess we will just try to avoid using unicode.

[fabiocos]

@Dr15Jones @davidlange6 I understand that this PR is ok to move forward

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[fabiocos]

merge