g_octave/compat.py


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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
    g_octave.compat
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    This module implements some helper function to compatibility with
    Python 3k.
    
    :copyright: (c) 2010 by Rafael Goncalves Martins
    :license: GPL-2, see LICENSE for more details.
"""

__all__ = [
    'py3k',
    'open',
]

import codecs
import sys


py3k = sys.version_info >= (3, 0)

def open(filename, mode='r', encoding='utf-8'):
    '''custom implementation of the 'open' builtin, using the codecs module'''
    try:
        return codecs.open(filename, mode=mode, encoding=encoding)
    except:
        return codecs.open(filename, mode=mode, encoding='iso-8859-15')