1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/odoo/tools/pycompat.py b/odoo/tools/pycompat.py
index ff229f0562c..e4111668d24 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/pycompat.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/pycompat.py
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ if PY2:
     unichr = unichr
     text_type = unicode
     string_types = (str, unicode)
+    def to_native(source, encoding='utf-8', falsy_empty=False):
+        if not source and falsy_empty:
+            return ''
+
+        if isinstance(source, text_type):
+            return source.encode(encoding)
+
+        return str(source)
+
     integer_types = (int, long)
 
     keys = lambda d: iter(d.iterkeys())
@@ -19,6 +28,11 @@ if PY2:
     # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
     from itertools import imap, izip, ifilter
 
+    def implements_to_string(cls):
+        cls.__unicode__ = cls.__str__
+        cls.__str__ = lambda x: x.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
+        return cls
+
     def implements_iterator(cls):
         cls.next = cls.__next__
         del cls.__next__
@@ -30,6 +44,15 @@ else:
     unichr = chr
     text_type = str
     string_types = (str,)
+    def to_native(source, encoding='utf-8', falsy_empty=False):
+        if not source and falsy_empty:
+            return ''
+
+        if isinstance(source, bytes):
+            return source.decode(encoding)
+
+        return str(source)
+
     integer_types = (int,)
 
     keys = lambda d: iter(d.keys())
@@ -40,6 +63,9 @@ else:
     izip = zip
     ifilter = filter
 
+    def implements_to_string(cls):
+        return cls
+
     def implements_iterator(cls):
         return cls
 
@@ -47,3 +73,20 @@ else:
         if value.__traceback__ != tb:
             raise value.with_traceback(tb)
         raise value
+
+def to_text(source):
+    """ Generates a text value (an instance of text_type) from an arbitrary 
+    source.
+    
+    * False and None are converted to empty strings
+    * text is passed through
+    * bytes are decoded as UTF-8
+    * rest is textified via the current version's relevant data model method
+    """
+    if source is None or source is False:
+        return u''
+
+    if isinstance(source, bytes):
+        return source.decode('utf-8')
+
+    return text_type(source)