Fastx iteration returning bytes in python 3

[brwnj]

In [8]: sys.version
Out[8]: '3.4.3 |Anaconda 2.3.0 (x86_64)| (default, Mar  6 2015, 12:07:41) \n[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)]'

In [10]: pysam.__version__
Out[10]: '0.8.4pre'

In [11]: for f in pysam.FastxFile("ttt.fastq.gz"):
   ....:     print(f)
   ....:     print(f.name)
   ....: 
@b'M03018:26:000000000-AHU3W:1:1101:13741:1809' b'1:N:0:0 TTACTGTGGCCG'
b'TACGGAAGGTCCGGGCGTTATCCGGATTTATTGGGTTTAAAGGGAGCGTAGGCGGGCCGTTAAGTCAGTTGTGAAAGTTCGGGGCTCAACCCCGGAATTGCAGTTGAAACTGCCGGTCTTGAGTACACGCAGGGAAGCCTGAATTCATGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCTTAGATATCATGAAGACGACCGATCGCGAAGGCAGGTTTCCGGAGTGTAACTGACGCTGAGGCTCGAAAGTGCGGGTATCAAACA'
+
b'BCCCCBBBCFFFGGGGGGGGGGHGGGGGHFHHHHGEFGFFHHHGHGGGGGGGHGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHGHGGHHHHGGGGGGHGFHHGGGGGGGHHHGHHHHHFHHHHHHGGGGGHHGHHHHHGFC?DGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGFFFEFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFD-@--A@DA-.E.AAFFFF0;>.-AFFFFBFBBF?ADD.:.AEFAD/A.FB09--DFFFFFBF.'
b'M03018:26:000000000-AHU3W:1:1101:13741:1809'

pysam.Samfile works fine and was changed to strings. I'm not sure if this was overlooked during those changes or if this behavior is intentional.

[AndreasHeger]

Thanks, I will fix this.