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'''Compatibility functions for python 2 and 3.

@author     Bernhard Leiner (bleiner AT gmail com)
@version    1.0
'''

__docformat__ = "javadoc"


import sys

if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
    def asbytes(s):
        if isinstance(s, bytes):
            return s
        return s.encode('latin1')
    def asstr(s):
        if isinstance(s, str):
            return s
        return s.decode('latin1')
else:
    asbytes = str
    asstr = str