2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f3b2b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+__pycache__
+build
+dist
+cmd2.egg-info
+
diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
index 8098b996..8b94c3e2 100755
--- a/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2.py
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ try:
 except NameError:
     raw_input = input
 
+# Python 3 compatability hack due to no built-in file keyword in Python 3
+# Due to two occurences of isinstance(<foo>, file) checking to see if something is of file type
+try:
+    import io
+    file = io.TextIOWrapper
+except ImportError:
+    pass # Python2
+
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
     pyparsing.ParserElement.enablePackrat()