from six import string_types, PY3


def isPython3():
    """ Deprecated. Use six.PY3 """
    return PY3


def to_wire(text):
    if text and isinstance(text, string_types) and PY3:
        text = bytes(text, 'utf-8')
    elif not PY3:
        text = to_unicode(text).encode('utf-8')
    return text


def to_local(text):
    if text is not None and not isinstance(text, string_types):
        text = text.decode('utf-8')
    return text


def to_str(text):
    if text and not isinstance(text, string_types):
        text = text.decode('utf-8')
    return text


def to_unicode(text):
    if (text and isinstance(text, string_types) and not PY3 and
            not isinstance(text, unicode)):
        text = unicode(text, 'utf-8')
    return text