| Index: abp/filters/rpy.py | 
| =================================================================== | 
| --- a/abp/filters/rpy.py | 
| +++ b/abp/filters/rpy.py | 
| @@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ | 
| see: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rPython/index.html | 
| """ | 
|  | 
| -from __future__ import unicode_literals | 
| - | 
| from abp.filters import parse_line | 
|  | 
| __all__ = ['line2dict'] | 
| @@ -70,30 +68,6 @@ | 
| return result | 
|  | 
|  | 
| -def strings2utf8(data): | 
| -    """Convert strings in a data structure to utf8 byte strings. | 
| - | 
| -    Parameters | 
| -    ---------- | 
| -    data: dict | 
| -        The data to convert. Can include nested dicts, lists and tuples. | 
| - | 
| -    Returns | 
| -    ------- | 
| -    dict | 
| -        With all strings encoded as unicode. | 
| - | 
| -    """ | 
| -    if isinstance(data, dict): | 
| -        return {strings2utf8(k): strings2utf8(v) for k, v in data.items()} | 
| -    if isinstance(data, list): | 
| -        return [strings2utf8(v) for v in data] | 
| -    if isinstance(data, type('')): | 
| -        # The condition is a Python 2/3 way of saying "unicode string". | 
| -        return data.encode('utf-8') | 
| -    return data | 
| - | 
| - | 
| def line2dict(text, mode='body'): | 
| """Convert a filterlist line to a dictionary. | 
|  | 
| @@ -114,7 +88,7 @@ | 
| strings. | 
|  | 
| """ | 
| -    return strings2utf8(tuple2dict(parse_line(text, mode))) | 
| +    return tuple2dict(parse_line(text, mode)) | 
|  | 
|  | 
| def lines2dicts(string_list, mode='body'): | 
|  |