Function decode_utf8

pattern/web/imap/__init__.py:34–44

Returns the given string as a unicode string (if possible).

(string)

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def decode_utf8(string):
    """ Returns the given string as a unicode string (if possible).
    """
    if isinstance(string, str):
        for encoding in (("utf-8",), ("windows-1252",), ("utf-8", "ignore")):
            try: 
                return string.decode(*encoding)
            except:
                pass
        return string
    return unicode(string)
    
def encode_utf8(string):
    """ Returns the given string as a Python byte string (if possible).