From 4f88cde18f7e4cc8efa9f8a3053c837b4d9a85d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Colin B. Macdonald" <cbm@m.fsf.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:51:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Quick but perhaps inappropriate fix for "Str" errors

Fixes #1053
---
 inst/private/python_header.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/inst/private/python_header.py b/inst/private/python_header.py
index 1f9b3ab4c..081274e89 100644
--- a/inst/private/python_header.py
+++ b/inst/private/python_header.py
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ def echo_exception_stdout(mystr):
     from sympy.functions.special.hyper import TupleArg
     # for sets
     from sympy.utilities.iterables import uniq
+    try:
+        # quick fix for https://github.com/cbm755/octsympy/issues/1053
+        # TODO: investigate the sym ctor in this case, likely a better fix in there
+        from sympy.core.symbol import Str
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
     import copy
     import binascii
     import struct