old_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  
  from . import convert
  
  
  def as_unicode(obj, encoding=convert.LOCALE, pretty=False):
      """
      Representing any object to unicode string.
  
      :param obj: any object
      :type encoding: str
      :param encoding: codec for encoding unicode strings
                       (locale.getpreferredencoding() by default)
      :type pretty: bool
      :param pretty: Pretty print.
  
      :rtype: unicode
      :return: any object as unicode string
      """
  
      return convert.convert(obj, encoding, 0 if pretty else None)
  
  
  def as_str(obj, encoding=convert.LOCALE, pretty=False):
      """
      Representing any object to string.
  
      :param obj: any object
      :type encoding: str
      :param encoding: codec for encoding unicode strings
                       (locale.getpreferredencoding() by default)
      :type pretty: bool
      :param pretty: Pretty print.
  
      :rtype: str
      :return: any object as string
      """
  
      return as_unicode(obj, encoding, pretty).encode(encoding)
  
  
  def register_converter(typename, callable_):
      """
      Registers a callable to convert typename instance.
  
      :param typename: any class
      :param callable_: any callable object
      """
  
      convert.CONVERTERS[typename] = callable_
  
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  
  from . import convert
  
  
  def as_unicode(obj, encoding=convert.LOCALE, pretty=False):
      """
      Representing any object to <unicode> string (python2.7) or <str> string (python3.0).
  
      :param obj: any object
      :type encoding: str
      :param encoding: codec for encoding unicode strings
                       (locale.getpreferredencoding() by default)
      :type pretty: bool
      :param pretty: pretty print
  
      :rtype: unicode
      :return: any object as unicode string
      """
  
      return convert.convert(obj, encoding, 0 if pretty else None)
  
  
  def as_str(obj, encoding=convert.LOCALE, pretty=False):
      """
      Representing any object to <str> string (python2.7) or <bytes> string (python3.0).
  
      :param obj: any object
      :type encoding: str
      :param encoding: codec for encoding unicode strings
                       (locale.getpreferredencoding() by default)
      :type pretty: bool
      :param pretty: pretty print
  
      :rtype: str
      :return: any object as string
      """
  
      return as_unicode(obj, encoding, pretty).encode(encoding)
  
  
  def register_converter(typename, callable_):
      """
      Registers a callable to convert typename instance.
  
      :param typename: any class
      :param callable_: any callable object
      """
  
      convert.CONVERTERS[typename] = callable_
  
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