def ensure_text(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
    """Coerce *s* to six.text_type.

    For Python 2:
      - `unicode` -> `unicode`
      - `str` -> `unicode`

    For Python 3:
      - `str` -> `str`
      - `bytes` -> decoded to `str`
    """
    if isinstance(s, binary_type):
        return s.decode(encoding, errors)
    elif isinstance(s, text_type):
        return s
    else:
        raise TypeError("not expecting type '%s'" % type(s))