From 66739bc306dbdd091e391673d3f78c9f769ebc09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koa Wells <kekoa.wells@concordia.ca>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 22:16:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug with opening pickle files from a pickle created in
 another operating system (for Windows and Linux only)

---
 hub/city_model_structure/city.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hub/city_model_structure/city.py b/hub/city_model_structure/city.py
index 1ccc154c..44d72414 100644
--- a/hub/city_model_structure/city.py
+++ b/hub/city_model_structure/city.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import copy
 import logging
 import math
 import pickle
+import sys
+import pathlib
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Union
 
@@ -293,6 +295,11 @@ class City:
     :param city_filename: city filename
     :return: City
     """
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+      pathlib.PosixPath = pathlib.WindowsPath
+    elif sys.platform == 'linux':
+      pathlib.WindowsPath = pathlib.PosixPath
+
     with open(city_filename, 'rb') as file:
       return pickle.load(file)