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+'''
+This file is part of notmuch.
+
+This module handles differences between python2.x and python3.x and
+allows the notmuch bindings to support both version families with one
+source tree.
+
+Notmuch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Notmuch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with notmuch.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
+Copyright 2012 Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+
+    class Python3StringMixIn(object):
+        def __str__(self):
+            return unicode(self).encode('utf-8')
+
+    def encode_utf8(value):
+        '''
+        Ensure a nicely utf-8 encoded string to pass to wrapped
+        libnotmuch functions.
+
+        C++ code expects strings to be well formatted and unicode
+        strings to have no null bytes.
+        '''
+        if not isinstance(value, basestring):
+            raise TypeError('Expected str or unicode, got %s' % type(value))
+
+        if isinstance(value, unicode):
+            return value.encode('utf-8', 'replace')
+
+        return value
+else:
+    from configparser import SafeConfigParser
+
+    class Python3StringMixIn(object):
+        def __str__(self):
+            return self.__unicode__()
+
+    def encode_utf8(value):
+        '''
+        Ensure a nicely utf-8 encoded string to pass to wrapped
+        libnotmuch functions.
+
+        C++ code expects strings to be well formatted and unicode
+        strings to have no null bytes.
+        '''
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
+            raise TypeError('Expected str, got %s' % type(value))
+
+        return value.encode('utf-8', 'replace')