Function decode

module/plugins/internal/misc.py:412–425

Encoded string (default to own system encoding) -> unicode string

(value, encoding=None, errors='strict')

#@NOTE: Revert to `decode` in Python 3
def decode(value, encoding=None, errors='strict'):
    """
    Encoded string (default to own system encoding) -> unicode string
    """
    if isinstance(value, str):
        res = unicode(value, encoding or get_console_encoding(sys.stdout.encoding), errors)

    elif isinstance(value, unicode):
        res = value

    else:
        res = unicode(value)

    return res


def transcode(value, decoding, encoding):