Allow native (byte) str on Python2

Author: Zac-HD

README.md

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ on such inputs, but may translate them to have the JS behaviour in a future vers
 
 ## Changelog
 
+#### 1.0.1 - 2019-10-17
+- Allow use of native strings on Python 2.  This is not actually valid according
+  to the spec, but it's only going to be around for a few months so whatever.
+
 #### 1.0.0 - 2019-10-04
 - Now considered feature-complete and stable, as all constructs recommended
   for `jsonschema` patterns are supported and all Python-side incompatibilities

src/js_regex/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A thin compatibility layer to use Javascript regular expressions in Python."""
 
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "1.0.1"
 __all__ = ["NotJavascriptRegex", "compile"]
 
 from ._impl import NotJavascriptRegex, compile

src/js_regex/_impl.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def compile(pattern, flags=0):
     This is not a full implementation of EMCA-standard regex, but somewhat
     better than simply ignoring the differences between dialects.
     """
-    if not isinstance(pattern, type("")):
+    if not isinstance(pattern, (str, type(""))):
         raise TypeError("pattern={!r} must be a unicode string".format(pattern))
     if not isinstance(flags, int):
         raise TypeError("flags={!r} must be an integer".format(flags))