code: def _gzip_open_handle(handle):
      Hide Python 2 vs. 3 differences in gzip.GzipFile()"""
      import gzip
      if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
          import io
          handle = io.TextIOWrapper(gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=handle), encoding="UTF-8")
      else:
          handle = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=handle)
      return handle
docs: Hide Python 2 vs. 3 differences in gzip.GzipFile()