apparently I sometimes pass strigns instead of numpy bytestrings.

Also, compare sets, not lists

Author: keflavich

astroquery/alma/utils.py

@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ def parse_frequency_support(frequency_support_str):
     Quantities representing the frequency range.  It will ignore the resolution
     and polarizations.
     """
-    supports = frequency_support_str.tostring().decode('ascii').split('U')
+    if not isinstance(frequency_support_str, str):
+        supports = frequency_support_str.tostring().decode('ascii').split('U')
+    else:
+        supports = frequency_support_str.split('U')
 
     freq_ranges = [(float(sup[0]),
                     float(sup[1].split(',')[0].strip(string.ascii_letters))) *

astroquery/lamda/tests/test_lamda_remote.py

@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ def test_query():
     result = lamda.Lamda.query(mol='co')
     assert [len(r) for r in result] == [2, 40, 41]
     collider_dict = result[0]
-    assert collider_dict.keys() == ['PH2', 'OH2']
+    assert set(collider_dict.keys()) == set(['PH2', 'OH2'])
     assert [len(collider_dict[r]) for r in collider_dict] == [820, 820]