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#   Ian Cordasco - port to Python
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import sys


if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
    base_str = (str, unicode)
else:
    base_str = (bytes, str)


def wrap_ord(a):
    if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and isinstance(a, base_str):
        return ord(a)
    else:
        return a