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Subject: Re: Python 2 =?utf-8?B?4oCYcHJpbnTigJks?= coercing arguments to Unicode
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:97443

Hmm, now that I read the six document again
 @six.python_2_unicode_compatible

seems exactly what you are asking for ...

https://pythonhosted.org/six/
Laura