Function file_requires_unicode

lib/matplotlib/cbook.py:522–532

Return whether the given writable file-like object requires Unicode to be written to it.

(x)

def file_requires_unicode(x):
    """
    Return whether the given writable file-like object requires Unicode to be
    written to it.
    """
    try:
        x.write(b'')
    except TypeError:
        return True
    else:
        return False


def to_filehandle(fname, flag='r', return_opened=False, encoding=None):