#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-

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''' pyobj.py '''
import sys

isPY3 = sys.version_info >= (3, 0, 0)

# helper method to support python 2 and 3
def is_str_instance(obj):
  if isPY3:
    return isinstance(obj, str)
  else:
    return str(type(obj)) == "<type 'unicode'>" or str(type(obj)) == "<type 'str'>"