properly handle bytes when reading from an open socket (#74)

Author: DomAmato

Hologram/CustomCloud.py

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def __incoming_connection_thread(self, clientsocket):
         clientsocket.settimeout(RECEIVE_TIMEOUT)
 
         # Keep parsing the received data until timeout or receive no more data.
-        recv = ''
+        recv = b''
         while True:
             try:
                 result = clientsocket.recv(MAX_RECEIVE_BYTES)
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ def __incoming_connection_thread(self, clientsocket):
                 break
             recv += result
 
-        self.logger.info('Received message: %s', recv)
+        self.logger.info('Received message: %s', recv.decode())
 
         self._receive_buffer_lock.acquire()
 
         # Append received message into receive buffer
-        self._receive_buffer.append(recv)
+        self._receive_buffer.append(recv.decode())
         self.logger.debug('Receive buffer: %s', self._receive_buffer)
 
         self._receive_buffer_lock.release()