1 files changed, 1 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/libbe/utility.py b/libbe/utility.py
index 7c1d10a..1168580 100644
--- a/libbe/utility.py
+++ b/libbe/utility.py
@@ -21,55 +21,6 @@ import tempfile
 import shutil
 import doctest
 
-class FileString(object):
-    """Bare-bones pseudo-file class
-    
-    >>> f = FileString("me\\nyou")
-    >>> len(list(f))
-    2
-    >>> len(list(f))
-    0
-    >>> f = FileString()
-    >>> f.write("hello\\nthere")
-    >>> "".join(list(f))
-    'hello\\nthere'
-    """
-    def __init__(self, str=""):
-        object.__init__(self)
-        self.str = str
-        self._iter = None
-
-    def __iter__(self):
-        if self._iter is None:
-            self._iter = self._get_iter()
-        return self._iter
-
-    def _get_iter(self):
-        for line in self.str.splitlines(True):
-            yield line
-
-    def write(self, line):
-        self.str += line
-
-
-def get_file(f):
-    """
-    Return a file-like object from input.  This is a helper for functions that
-    can take either file or string parameters.
-
-    :param f: file or string
-    :return: a FileString if input is a string, otherwise return the imput 
-    object.
-
-    >>> isinstance(get_file(file("/dev/null")), file)
-    True
-    >>> isinstance(get_file("f"), FileString)
-    True
-    """
-    if isinstance(f, basestring):
-        return FileString(f)
-    else:
-        return f
 
 def search_parent_directories(path, filename):
     """
@@ -175,7 +126,7 @@ def editor_string(comment=None):
         os.close(fhandle)
         oldmtime = os.path.getmtime(fname)
         os.system("%s %s" % (editor, fname))
-        output = trimmed_string(file(fname, "rb").read())
+        output = trimmed_string(file(fname, "rb").read().decode("utf-8"))
         if output.rstrip('\n') == "":
             output = None
     finally: