From: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:26:26 +0000 (+0600)
Subject: [utils] Add encode_compat_str
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e60dc7526596f456c0b5d7dc48daa6cae08ebb6;p=youtube-dl

[utils] Add encode_compat_str
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 6d3119760..9a2dd1439 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1712,6 +1712,10 @@ def encode_dict(d, encoding='utf-8'):
     return dict((encode(k), encode(v)) for k, v in d.items())
 
 
+def encode_compat_str(string, encoding=preferredencoding(), errors='strict'):
+    return string if isinstance(string, compat_str) else compat_str(string, encoding, errors)
+
+
 US_RATINGS = {
     'G': 0,
     'PG': 10,