[PATCH] Fix Local PMDA mode in Python PMAPI

[Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

---
 src/python/pcp/pmapi.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/python/pcp/pmapi.py b/src/python/pcp/pmapi.py
index 4432a79..dbe4710 100644
--- a/src/python/pcp/pmapi.py
+++ b/src/python/pcp/pmapi.py
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ class pmContext(object):
         self._type = typed                              # the context type
         self._target = target                            # the context target
         self._ctx = c_api.PM_ERR_NOCONTEXT                # init'd pre-connect
-        if type(target) != type(b''):
+        if target and type(target) != type(b''):
             source = target.encode('utf-8')
         else:
             source = target

Thanks,

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Marko Myllynen