From 15d44f02a391764da1ce1f239caef819f08beed8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:34:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Python 3.7 compatibility (#2978)

---
 beets/autotag/hooks.py | 8 +++++++-
 docs/changelog.rst     | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/beets/autotag/hooks.py b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
index 3615a93337b8..1c62a54c5c35 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/hooks.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ import six
 
 log = logging.getLogger('beets')
 
+# The name of the type for patterns in re changed in Python 3.7.
+try:
+    Pattern = re._pattern_type
+except AttributeError:
+    Pattern = re.Pattern
+
 
 # Classes used to represent candidate options.
 
@@ -433,7 +439,7 @@ class Distance(object):
         be a compiled regular expression, in which case it will be
         matched against `value2`.
         """
-        if isinstance(value1, re._pattern_type):
+        if isinstance(value1, Pattern):
             return bool(value1.match(value2))
         return value1 == value2
 
-- 
2.20.1