From 247be65a858ff0ee8a24ffc09013c067e028bbdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiabei Zhu <31069326+zzjjbb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 11:22:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update compiler.py

use bytes as mimic stdout
---
 pycuda/compiler.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pycuda/compiler.py b/pycuda/compiler.py
index d54cbb02..6459e157 100644
--- a/pycuda/compiler.py
+++ b/pycuda/compiler.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def get_nvcc_version(nvcc):
         from warnings import warn
 
         warn("NVCC version could not be determined.")
-        stdout = "nvcc unknown version"
+        stdout = b"nvcc unknown version"
 
     return stdout.decode("utf-8", "replace")