str() only takes one arg in py2.

Author: Chris Meyers

google/datalab/storage/commands/_storage.py

@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ def _gcs_read(args, _):
 
 def _gcs_view(args, _):
   contents = _get_object_contents(args['object'])
-  if not isinstance(contents, basestring) or isinstance(contents, bytes):
+  if not isinstance(contents, basestring):
+    contents = str(contents)
+  else if isinstance(contents, bytes)
     contents = str(contents, encoding='UTF-8')
   lines = contents.splitlines()
   head_count = args['head']