python: add a file abstracting away differences between python 2 and 3

[notmuch] / bindings / python / notmuch / database.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
index 8f1b37f7b61a7c76dec5bae1800b2b64f482746e..6dab932f8cdad561a04c48522f521cf6cf335158 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
 import os
 import codecs
 from ctypes import c_char_p, c_void_p, c_uint, byref, POINTER
+from .compat import SafeConfigParser
 from .globals import (
     nmlib,
     Enum,
@@ -589,13 +590,6 @@ class Database(object):
         """ Reads a user's notmuch config and returns his db location
 
         Throws a NotmuchError if it cannot find it"""
-        try:
-            # python3.x
-            from configparser import SafeConfigParser
-        except ImportError:
-            # python2.x
-            from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
-
         config = SafeConfigParser()
         conf_f = os.getenv('NOTMUCH_CONFIG',
                            os.path.expanduser('~/.notmuch-config'))