helper: get rid of decode_string()

It just adds unnecessary type confusion.

In most places where it is used, the types are always str, so it does
nothing. In the few others, the encoding/decoding is better handled
explicitly.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/alot/widgets/globals.py b/alot/widgets/globals.py
index 6f7531d2..387797af 100644
--- a/alot/widgets/globals.py
+++ b/alot/widgets/globals.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import re
 import operator
 import urwid
 
-from ..helper import string_decode
 from ..settings.const import settings
 from ..db.attachment import Attachment
 from ..errors import CompletionError
@@ -127,8 +126,6 @@ class CompleteEdit(urwid.Edit):
         self.historypos = None
         self.focus_in_clist = 0
 
-        if not isinstance(edit_text, str):
-            edit_text = string_decode(edit_text)
         self.start_completion_pos = len(edit_text)
         self.completions = None
         urwid.Edit.__init__(self, edit_text=edit_text, **kwargs)