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				|  |  |          self.query_parts = []
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				|  |  |          # split query, including whitespaces
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				|  |  | -        raw_query_parts = re.split(r'(\s+)', self.query)
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				|  |  | +        raw_query_parts = re.split(r'(\s+)' if isinstance(self.query, str) else b'(\s+)', self.query)
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				|  |  |          parse_next = True
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