(self)
return utf8decode(self.prefix_bytes())[0]
Returns the labels of the path from the root to the current arc as
        a decoded unicode string.
Returns the labels of the path from the root to the current arc as
        a decoded unicode string.
Returns the labels of the path from the root to the current arc as a decoded unicode string .
def prefix_string(self):
        """Returns the labels of the path from the root to the current arc as
        a decoded unicode string.
        """

        return utf8decode(self.prefix_bytes())[0]
def prefix_string ( self ) : return utf8decode ( self . prefix_bytes ( ) ) [ 0 ]