in pygenie/utils.py [0:0]
def convert_to_unicode(value, redact_hint=None):
"""Convert value to unicode."""
if redact_hint and PRIVATE_RE.search(redact_hint.lower()):
return 'REDACTED'
if sys.version_info < (3,) and is_str(value) and not isinstance(value, unicode): # noqa
return value.decode('utf-8')
return value