python 2.x pprint with UTF-8 text

pprint_utf8.py

import pprint

class MyPrettyPrinter(pprint.PrettyPrinter):
	"""PrettyPrint with UTF-8 text.
	Refer to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10883399/unable-to-encode-decode-pprint-output
	"""
    def format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level):
        if isinstance(object, unicode):
            return (object.encode('utf8'), True, False)
        return pprint.PrettyPrinter.format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level)