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Write a pickled representation of obj to the open file.
[clinic start generated code]*/
+One advantage of real converters is that they're more flexible than legacy
+converters. For example, the ``unsigned_int`` converter (and all the
+``unsigned_`` converters) can be specified without ``bitwise=True``. Their
+default behavior performs range checking on the value, and they won't accept
+negative numbers. You just can't do that with a legacy converter!
+
Argument Clinic will show you all the converters it has
available. For each converter it'll show you all the parameters
it accepts, along with the default value for each parameter.