gistfile1.py

from functools import wraps

def reverse_lazy(*args, **kwargs):
    @wraps(reverse)
    def wrapper(*args, **kw):
        proxy = lazy(reverse, str)(*args, **kw)
        # Needed in Python 3 to pass the _coerce_args function in urlparse
        proxy.decode = lambda x, y: str(x)
        return proxy
    return wrapper(*args, **kwargs)