import sys
from libs.constants import DEFAULT_ENCODING

# def ustr(x):
#     '''py2/py3 unicode helper'''

#     if sys.version_info < (3, 0, 0):
#         from PyQt4.QtCore import QString
#         if type(x) == str:
#             return x.decode(DEFAULT_ENCODING)
#         if type(x) == QString:
#             return unicode(x)
#         return x
#     else:
#         return x

def ustr(x):
    return x
        
