Function safestr

web/utils.py:354–367

r""" Converts any given object to utf-8 encoded string. >>> safestr('hello') 'hello' >>> safestr(2) '2'

(obj, encoding="utf-8")

def safestr(obj, encoding="utf-8"):
    r"""
    Converts any given object to utf-8 encoded string.

        >>> safestr('hello')
        'hello'
        >>> safestr(2)
        '2'
    """

    if obj and hasattr(obj, "__next__"):
        return [safestr(i) for i in obj]
    else:
        return str(obj)


# Since Python3, utf-8 encoded strings and unicode strings are the same thing