better u method in legacy

hivesolutions · Nov 8, 2014 · 7c96e80 · 7c96e80
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commit 7c96e80
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/quorum/legacy.py b/src/quorum/legacy.py
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ def orderable(value):
     if not PYTHON_3: return value
     return Orderable(value)
 
-def u(value):
+def u(value, encoding = "utf-8"):
     if PYTHON_3: return value
-    return value.decode("unicode_escape")
+    return value.decode(encoding)
 
 def is_str(value):
     return type(value) == _str