X-Git-Url: http://git.kaliko.me/?p=python-musicpd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=mpd.py;h=674f71451cf18af4677d01df3da5a0a859f4aea6;hp=7305f7d94eba202796d147894c9ecb671cc1381a;hb=0f466f78e48c24cdf0f5e39645c19d58e3654012;hpb=ea4b21116e2b392760d162252fa3c21ef80066bf

diff --git a/mpd.py b/mpd.py
index 7305f7d..674f714 100644
--- a/mpd.py
+++ b/mpd.py
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ class MPDClient(object):
                 sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
                 sock.connect(sa)
                 return sock
-            except socket.error, err:
+            except socket.error as socket_err:
+                err = socket_err
                 if sock is not None:
                     sock.close()
         if err is not None:
@@ -411,8 +412,8 @@ class MPDClient(object):
             self._sock = self._connect_unix(host)
         else:
             self._sock = self._connect_tcp(host, port)
-        self._rfile = self._sock.makefile("rb")
-        self._wfile = self._sock.makefile("wb")
+        self._rfile = self._sock.makefile("r")
+        self._wfile = self._sock.makefile("w")
         try:
             self._hello()
         except: