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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dotviewer/strunicode.py b/dotviewer/strunicode.py
index e87fd329c5..5bce979c35 100644
--- a/dotviewer/strunicode.py
+++ b/dotviewer/strunicode.py
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 RAW_ENCODING = "utf-8"
 ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLING = "replace"
 
+
 def forceunicode(name):
     """ returns `name` as unicode, even if it wasn't before  """
     return name if isinstance(name, unicode) else name.decode(RAW_ENCODING, ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLING)
 
 
 def forcestr(name):
-    """ returns `name` as (possibly `RAW_ENCODING` encoded) string, even if it wasn't before  """
+    """ returns `name` as string, even if it wasn't before  """
     return name if isinstance(name, str) else name.encode(RAW_ENCODING, ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLING)
 
+
 def tryencode(name):
     """ returns `name` as encoded string if it was unicode before """
     return name.encode(RAW_ENCODING, ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLING) if isinstance(name, unicode) else name