Improve error message when the type is not bytes

keis · Jun 14, 2016 · 5c24b8e · 5c24b8e
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diff --git a/base58.py b/base58.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 def b58encode(v):
     '''Encode a string using Base58'''
 
+    if not isinstance(v, bytes):
+        raise TypeError("a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'")
+
     origlen = len(v)
     v = v.lstrip(b'\0')
     newlen = len(v)