gistfile1.py

    def get_cleaned_bbcode(self):
        """
        returns a cleaned version of the self.text bbcode.
        """
        if self.bbcode_bitfield:
            bbcode_uid = self.bbcode_uid
        else:
            bbcode_uid = None

        properUTF8string = unicode(self.text, 'utf-8')
        return clean_bbcode(properUTF8string, bbcode_uid)