import sys class UnicodeMixin(object): """Mixin class to handle defining the proper __str__/__unicode__ methods in Python 2 or 3.""" if sys.version_info[0] >= 3: # Python 3 def __str__(self): return self.__unicode__() else: # Python 2 def __str__(self): return self.__unicode__().encode('utf8') class PropertyUnavailable(AttributeError): pass