#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (C) 2012 ~ 2013 Deepin, Inc.
#               2012 ~ 2013 Kaisheng Ye
# 
# Author:     Kaisheng Ye <kaisheng.ye@gmail.com>
# Maintainer: Kaisheng Ye <kaisheng.ye@gmail.com>
# 
# This program 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
# any later version.
# 
# This program 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


def utf8(str):
    '''
    utf8 to unicode for database
    '''
    if isinstance(str, unicode):
        return str
    try:
        return unicode(str, 'UTF-8')
    except:
        # assume latin1 as fallback
        return unicode(str, 'latin1')
