From 252d2d9f82b9de36d9ec720f0aa7df6312ba274d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Arndt <arndt@molgen.mpg.de>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 12:31:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add conversion for AbstractString to Py object

---
 src/Core/Py.jl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/Core/Py.jl b/src/Core/Py.jl
index e56d74fa..9ec43487 100644
--- a/src/Core/Py.jl
+++ b/src/Core/Py.jl
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Py(x::Py) = x
 Py(x::Nothing) = pybuiltins.None
 Py(x::Bool) = x ? pybuiltins.True : pybuiltins.False
 Py(x::Union{String,SubString{String},Char}) = pystr(x)
+Py(x::AbstractString) = Py(String(x))
 Py(x::Base.CodeUnits{UInt8,String}) = pybytes(x)
 Py(x::Base.CodeUnits{UInt8,SubString{String}}) = pybytes(x)
 Py(x::Tuple) = pytuple_fromiter(x)