Make serde import on Python 3

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/pymemcache/serde.py b/pymemcache/serde.py
index c7a00ee..1a5a31a 100644
--- a/pymemcache/serde.py
+++ b/pymemcache/serde.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from StringIO import StringIO
 
+try:
+    long_type = long  # noqa
+except NameError:
+    long_type = None
+
 
 FLAG_PICKLE = 1 << 0
 FLAG_INTEGER = 1 << 1
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ def python_memcache_serializer(key, value):
     elif isinstance(value, int):
         flags |= FLAG_INTEGER
         value = "%d" % value
-    elif isinstance(value, long):
+    elif long_type is not None and isinstance(value, long_type):
         flags |= FLAG_LONG
         value = "%d" % value
     else:
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ def python_memcache_deserializer(key, value, flags):
         return int(value)
 
     if flags & FLAG_LONG:
-        return long(value)
+        return long_type(value)
 
     if flags & FLAG_PICKLE:
         try: