docs: def get_issues(self, milestone=github.GithubObject.NotSet, state=github.GithubObject.NotSet, assignee=github.GithubObject.NotSet, mentioned=github.GithubObject.NotSet, labels=github.GithubObject.NotSet, sort=github.GithubObject.NotSet, direction=github.GithubObject.NotSet, since=github.GithubObject.NotSet, creator=github.GithubObject.NotSet):
          """
          :calls: `GET /repos/:owner/:repo/issues <http://developer.github.com/v3/issues>`_
          :param milestone: :class:`github.Milestone.Milestone` or "none" or "*"
          :param state: string. `open`, `closed`, or `all`. If this is not set the GitHub API default behavior will be used. At the moment this is to return only open issues. This might change anytime on GitHub API side and it could be clever to explicitly specify the state value.
          :param assignee: string or :class:`github.NamedUser.NamedUser` or "none" or "*"
          :param mentioned: :class:`github.NamedUser.NamedUser`
          :param labels: list of :class:`github.Label.Label`
          :param sort: string
          :param direction: string
          :param since: datetime.datetime
          :param creator: string or :class:`github.NamedUser.NamedUser`
          :rtype: :class:`github.PaginatedList.PaginatedList` of :class:`github.Issue.Issue`
          """
          assert milestone is github.GithubObject.NotSet or milestone == "*" or milestone == "none" or isinstance(milestone, github.Milestone.Milestone), milestone
          assert state is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(state, (str, unicode)), state
          assert assignee is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(assignee, github.NamedUser.NamedUser) or isinstance(assignee, (str, unicode)), assignee
          assert mentioned is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(mentioned, github.NamedUser.NamedUser), mentioned
          assert labels is github.GithubObject.NotSet or all(isinstance(element, github.Label.Label) for element in labels), labels
          assert sort is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(sort, (str, unicode)), sort
          assert direction is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(direction, (str, unicode)), direction
          assert since is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(since, datetime.datetime), since
          assert creator is github.GithubObject.NotSet or isinstance(creator, github.NamedUser.NamedUser) or isinstance(creator, (str, unicode)), creator
          url_parameters = dict()
          if milestone is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              if isinstance(milestone, (str, unicode)):
                  url_parameters["milestone"] = milestone
              else:
                  url_parameters["milestone"] = milestone._identity
          if state is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              url_parameters["state"] = state
          if assignee is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              if isinstance(assignee, (str, unicode)):
                  url_parameters["assignee"] = assignee
              else:
                  url_parameters["assignee"] = assignee._identity
          if mentioned is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              url_parameters["mentioned"] = mentioned._identity
          if labels is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              url_parameters["labels"] = ",".join(label.name for label in labels)
          if sort is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              url_parameters["sort"] = sort
          if direction is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              url_parameters["direction"] = direction
          if since is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              url_parameters["since"] = since.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
          if creator is not github.GithubObject.NotSet:
              if isinstance(creator, (str, unicode)):
                  url_parameters["creator"] = creator
              else:
                  url_parameters["creator"] = creator._identity
          return github.PaginatedList.PaginatedList(
              github.Issue.Issue,
              self._requester,
              self.url + "/issues",
              url_parameters
          )