1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/compat/py3k.py b/numpy/compat/py3k.py
index 4a7866a56..ce79edde8 100644
--- a/numpy/compat/py3k.py
+++ b/numpy/compat/py3k.py
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 
 __all__ = ['bytes', 'asbytes', 'isfileobj', 'getexception', 'strchar',
            'unicode', 'asunicode', 'asbytes_nested', 'asunicode_nested',
-           'asstr', 'open_latin1']
+           'asstr', 'open_latin1', 'long', 'basestring']
 
 import sys
 
 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     import io
+
+    long = int
+    integer_types = (int,)
+    basestring = str
     bytes = bytes
     unicode = str
 
@@ -38,13 +42,18 @@ if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
 
     strchar = 'U'
 
+
 else:
     bytes = str
     unicode = unicode
+    long = long
+    basestring = basestring
+    integer_types = (int, long)
     asbytes = str
     asstr = str
     strchar = 'S'
 
+
     def isfileobj(f):
         return isinstance(f, file)
 
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ else:
     def open_latin1(filename, mode='r'):
         return open(filename, mode=mode)
 
+
 def getexception():
     return sys.exc_info()[1]