def _decode()

in src/sagemaker_training/mapping.py [0:0]

• 11 lines of code
• 10 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def _decode(obj):  # type: (bytes or str or unicode or object) -> unicode # noqa ignore=F821
    """Decode an object to unicode.
    Args:
        obj (bytes or str or unicode or anything serializable): Object to be decoded.
    Returns:
        Object decoded in unicode.
    """
    if obj is None:
        return ""
    if six.PY3 and isinstance(obj, six.binary_type):
        # transforms a byte string (b'') in unicode
        return obj.decode("latin1")
    elif six.PY3:
        # PY3 strings are unicode.
        return str(obj)
    elif isinstance(obj, six.text_type):
        # returns itself if it is unicode
        return obj
    else:
        # decodes pY2 string to unicode
        return str(obj).decode("utf-8")