Adds utils.encoding:default_encode

kombu/utils/encoding.py

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ import traceback
 
 is_py3k = sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
 
+if sys.platform.startswith("java"):
+
+    def default_encoding():
+        return "utf-8"
+else:
+
+    def default_encoding():       # noqa
+        return sys.getfilesystemencoding()
 
 if is_py3k:
 
@@ -39,6 +47,9 @@ if is_py3k:
             return str_to_bytes(s)
         return s
 
+    def default_encode(obj):
+        return obj
+
     str_t = str
     bytes_t = bytes
 
@@ -55,21 +66,14 @@ else:
     def from_utf8(s, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa
         return s.encode("utf-8", *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def default_encode(obj):            # noqa
+        return unicode(obj, default_encoding())
+
     str_t = unicode
     bytes_t = str
     ensure_bytes = str_to_bytes
 
 
-if sys.platform.startswith("java"):
-
-    def default_encoding():
-        return "utf-8"
-else:
-
-    def default_encoding():       # noqa
-        return sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-
-
 def safe_str(s, errors="replace"):
     s = bytes_to_str(s)
     if not isinstance(s, basestring):