localization: always return unicode

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pym/portage/localization.py b/pym/portage/localization.py
index d16c4b131..2815ef5a8 100644
--- a/pym/portage/localization.py
+++ b/pym/portage/localization.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 # localization.py -- Code to manage/help portage localization.
-# Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 2004-2013 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+from portage import _unicode_decode
 
 # We define this to make the transition easier for us.
 def _(mystr):
-	return mystr
-
+	"""
+	Always returns unicode, regardless of the input type. This is
+	helpful for avoiding UnicodeDecodeError from __str__() with
+	Python 2, by ensuring that string format operations invoke
+	__unicode__() instead of __str__().
+	"""
+	return _unicode_decode(mystr)
 
 def localization_example():
 	# Dict references allow translators to rearrange word order.