# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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import six


class StrMixin(object):
    """Mixin that helps deal with the PY2 and PY3 method differences.

    http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/1/22/forwards-compatible-python/ explains
    why this is quite useful...
    """

    if six.PY2:
        def __str__(self):
            try:
                return self.__bytes__()
            except AttributeError:
                return self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
    else:
        def __str__(self):
            return self.__unicode__()