API: Use string type instead of u8.

The new string type is modelled after string in proto3.
It is always variable length.

Change-Id: I64884067e28a80072c8dac31b7c7c82d6e306051
Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Cmarada <mcmarada@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/test/framework.py b/test/framework.py
index 242a0798212..f82f0750387 100644
--- a/test/framework.py
+++ b/test/framework.py
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ class VppTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def assert_packet_counter_equal(self, counter, expected_value):
         counters = self.vapi.cli("sh errors").split('\n')
         counter_value = -1
-        for i in range(1, len(counters) - 1):
+        for i in range(1, len(counters)):
             results = counters[i].split()
             if results[1] == counter:
                 counter_value = int(results[0])
diff --git a/test/vpp_papi_provider.py b/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
index 320ea12c6dc..4812cb6ef70 100644
--- a/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
+++ b/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ class VppPapiProvider(object):
         """
         self.hook.before_cli(cli)
         cli += '\n'
-        r = self.papi.cli_inband(length=len(cli), cmd=str(cli).encode('utf8'))
+        r = self.papi.cli_inband(cmd=cli)
         self.hook.after_cli(cli)
         if hasattr(r, 'reply'):
-            return r.reply.decode().rstrip('\x00')
+            return r.reply
 
     def ppcli(self, cli):
         """ Helper method to print CLI command in case of info logging level.