(x)
return x
Convert to a unicode string.

    If x is a byte string, assume it is utf-8 and decode to a Python unicode
    string. You must call this on text strings you get back from libvips.
Convert to a unicode string.
Convert to a unicode string .
def _to_string(x):
    """Convert to a unicode string.

    If x is a byte string, assume it is utf-8 and decode to a Python unicode
    string. You must call this on text strings you get back from libvips.

    """
    if x == ffi.NULL:
        x = 'NULL'
    else:
        x = ffi.string(x)
        if isinstance(x, byte_type):
            x = x.decode('utf-8')

    return x
def _to_string ( x ) : if x == ffi . NULL : x = 'NULL' else : x = ffi . string ( x ) if isinstance ( x , byte_type ) : x = x . decode ( 'utf-8' ) return x