root/lib/strings.py @ 294
| 1 | 73 | aaronmk | # String manipulation
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| 3 | def to_unicode(str_): |
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| 4 | if isinstance(str_, unicode): return str_ |
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| 5 | encodings = ['utf_8', 'latin_1'] |
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| 6 | for encoding in encodings: |
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| 7 | try: return unicode(str_, encoding) |
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| 8 | except UnicodeDecodeError, e: pass |
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| 9 | raise AssertionError(encoding+' is not a catch-all encoding') |