Various Python 3 support changes

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/python/binaryview.py b/python/binaryview.py
index ac08ad76..b1bc4822 100644
--- a/python/binaryview.py
+++ b/python/binaryview.py
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ class BinaryViewType(with_metaclass(_BinaryViewTypeMetaclass, object)):
 	@property
 	def name(self):
 		"""BinaryView name (read-only)"""
-		return core.BNGetBinaryViewTypeName(self.handle).decode('utf8')
+		return core.BNGetBinaryViewTypeName(self.handle)
 
 	@property
 	def long_name(self):
 		"""BinaryView long name (read-only)"""
-		return core.BNGetBinaryViewTypeLongName(self.handle).decode('utf8')
+		return core.BNGetBinaryViewTypeLongName(self.handle)
 
 	def __repr__(self):
 		return "<view type: '%s'>" % self.name
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ class BinaryViewType(with_metaclass(_BinaryViewTypeMetaclass, object)):
 				else:
 					bv = cls[available.name].open(filename)
 
+				if bv is None:
+					raise Exception("Unknown Architecture/Architecture Not Found (check plugins folder)")
+
 				if update_analysis:
 					bv.update_analysis_and_wait()
 				return bv
@@ -1740,7 +1743,7 @@ class BinaryView(object):
 			\'\\xcf\\xfa\\xed\\xfe\'
 		"""
 		buf = databuffer.DataBuffer(handle=core.BNReadViewBuffer(self.handle, addr, length))
-		return str(buf)
+		return bytes(buf)
 
 	def write(self, addr, data):
 		"""