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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
requests._internal_utils
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Provides utility functions that are consumed internally by Requests
which depend on extremely few external helpers (such as compat)
"""
from .compat import is_py2, builtin_str
def to_native_string(string, encoding='ascii'):
"""Given a string object, regardless of type, returns a representation of
that string in the native string type, encoding and decoding where
necessary. This assumes ASCII unless told otherwise.
"""
if isinstance(string, builtin_str):
out = string
else:
if is_py2:
out = string.encode(encoding)
else:
out = string.decode(encoding)
return out