def encode(self, value):
"Return a bytestring representation of the value"
if isinstance(value, Token):
return b(value.value)
elif isinstance(value, bytes):
return value
elif isinstance(value, (int, long)):
value = b(str(value))
elif isinstance(value, float):
value = b(repr(value))
elif not isinstance(value, basestring):
value = unicode(value)
if isinstance(value, unicode):
value = value.encode(self.encoding, self.encoding_errors)
return value
def __unicode__(self):
if isinstance(self.args[0], unicode):
return self.args[0]
return unicode(self.args[0])