Subliminal update

libs/requests/compat.py

@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ if is_py2:
     from .packages.oreos.monkeys import SimpleCookie
     from StringIO import StringIO
 
-    str = unicode
     bytes = str
+    str = unicode
+    basestring = basestring
+
 
 
 elif is_py3:
@@ -99,4 +101,5 @@ elif is_py3:
 
     str = str
     bytes = bytes
+    basestring = (str,bytes)