old_contents: import sys
  import shlex
  import csv
  
  def my_split(inLine):
      if sys.version_info > (3, 0):  # is there a clean way to to it?
          return shlex.split(inLine.strip())
      else:
          tempArray = shlex.split(inLine.strip().encode('utf-8'))
          newArray = []
          for item in tempArray:
              newArray.append(item.decode('utf-8'))
          return newArray
  
  
  def my_comma_splitter(string):
      if sys.version_info > (3, 0):  # is there a clean way to to it?
          temp = list(csv.reader([string], skipinitialspace = True))
      else:
          temp = list(csv.reader([string.encode("utf8")], skipinitialspace = True))
      return temp[0]
new_contents: import sys
  import shlex
  import csv
  
  def my_split(inLine):
      if sys.version_info > (3, 0):  # is there a clean way to to it?
          return shlex.split(inLine.strip())
      else:
          tempArray = shlex.split(inLine.strip().encode('utf-8'))
          newArray = []
          for item in tempArray:
              newArray.append(item.decode('utf-8'))
          return newArray
  
  
  def my_comma_splitter(string):
      if sys.version_info > (3, 0):  # is there a clean way to to it?
          temp = list(csv.reader([string], skipinitialspace = True))
      else:
          temp = list(csv.reader([string.encode("utf8")], skipinitialspace = True))
      return temp[0]
  
subject: Update utils.py