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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Copyright 2005 - 2008 Gunnar Wrobel
+              2011 - Brian Dolbec
+ Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+"""
+
+import sys, types
+
+
+def encode(text, enc="UTF-8"):
+    """py2, py3 compatibility function"""
+    if hasattr(text, 'decode'):
+        try:
+            return text.decode(enc)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            return unicode(text)
+    return str(text)
+
+
+def fileopen(path, mode='r', enc="UTF-8"):
+    """py2, py3 compatibility function"""
+    try:
+        f = open(path, mode, encoding=enc)
+    except TypeError:
+        f = open(path, mode)
+    return f
+