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@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
return False
+.. function:: ascii(object)
+
+ As :func:`repr`, return a string containing a printable representation of an
+ object, but escape the non-ASCII characters in the string returned by
+ :func:`repr` using ``\x``, ``\u`` or ``\U`` escapes. This generates a string
+ similar to that returned by :func:`repr` in Python 2.
+
+
.. function:: bin(x)
Convert an integer number to a binary string. The result is a valid Python