# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Utilities for handling unicode and other repetitive bits
"""
import six

def u(text, encoding='utf-8'):
    "Return unicode text, no matter what"

    if isinstance(text, six.binary_type):
        text = text.decode(encoding)

    # it's already unicode
    text = text.replace('\r\n', '\n')
    return text