code: def _non_unicode_repr(objekt, context, maxlevels, level):
      
      repr_string, isreadable, isrecursive = pprint._safe_repr(objekt, context,
                                                               maxlevels, level)
      if repr_string.startswith('u"') or repr_string.startswith("u'"):
          repr_string = repr_string[1:]
      return repr_string, isreadable, isrecursive
docs: Used to override the pprint format method to get rid of unicode prefixes.
  
      E.g.: 'John' instead of u'John'.