parameters: (s)
return_statement: return str(s)
docstring: If s is a unicode string, encode it to UTF-8 and return the results,
      otherwise return str(s), or None if s is None
docstring_summary: If s is a unicode string, encode it to UTF-8 and return the results,
      otherwise return str(s), or None if s is None
docstring_tokens: If s is a unicode string encode it to UTF - 8 and return the results otherwise return str ( s ) or None if s is None
function: def _strify(s):
      """If s is a unicode string, encode it to UTF-8 and return the results,
      otherwise return str(s), or None if s is None"""
      if s is None:
          return None
      if isinstance(s, unicode):
          return s.encode("utf-8")
      return str(s)
function_tokens: def _strify ( s ) : if s is None : return None if isinstance ( s , unicode ) : return s . encode ( "utf-8" ) return str ( s )