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#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

# You may obtain a copy of the License at

# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

# limitations under the License.

# Preamble to mimick book environment

import logging

from pprint import pprint

from sys import stdout as STDOUT

# Example 4

def to_str(unicode_or_str):

if isinstance(unicode_or_str, unicode):

value = unicode_or_str.encode('utf-8')

else:

value = unicode_or_str

return value # Instance of str

print(repr(to_str(u'foo')))

print(repr(to_str('foo')))

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