2 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/QMTest/TestCmd.py b/QMTest/TestCmd.py
index 1ee5d4e..1c71907 100644
--- a/QMTest/TestCmd.py
+++ b/QMTest/TestCmd.py
@@ -228,7 +228,12 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 import traceback
-import UserList
+try:
+    from collections import UserList, UserString
+except ImportError:
+    # no 'collections' module or no UserFoo in collections
+    exec('from UserList import UserList')
+    exec('from UserString import UserString')
 
 try:
     # pre-2.7 doesn't have the memoryview() built-in
@@ -264,24 +269,15 @@ except ImportError:
     __all__.append('simple_diff')
 
 def is_List(e):
-    return isinstance(e, list) \
-        or isinstance(e, UserList.UserList)
-
-try:
-    from UserString import UserString
-except ImportError:
-    class UserString:
-        pass
+    return isinstance(e, (list,UserList))
 
-try: unicode
+try: eval('unicode')
 except NameError:
     def is_String(e):
-        return isinstance(e, str) or isinstance(e, UserString)
+        return isinstance(e, (str,UserString))
 else:
     def is_String(e):
-        return isinstance(e, str) \
-            or isinstance(e, unicode) \
-            or isinstance(e, UserString)
+        return isinstance(e, (str,unicode,UserString))
 
 tempfile.template = 'testcmd.'
 if os.name in ('posix', 'nt'):
diff --git a/QMTest/TestCommon.py b/QMTest/TestCommon.py
index fce0fc8..fcd3e70 100644
--- a/QMTest/TestCommon.py
+++ b/QMTest/TestCommon.py
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ __version__ = "0.37"
 
 import copy
 import os
-import os.path
 import stat
 import sys
-import UserList
+try:
+    from collections import UserList
+except ImportError:
+    # no 'collections' module or no UserList in collections
+    exec('from UserList import UserList')
 
 from TestCmd import *
 from TestCmd import __all__
@@ -171,8 +174,7 @@ else:
     dll_suffix   = '.so'
 
 def is_List(e):
-    return isinstance(e, list) \
-        or isinstance(e, UserList.UserList)
+    return isinstance(e, (list,UserList))
 
 def is_writable(f):
     mode = os.stat(f)[stat.ST_MODE]