def generate_latest(registry):
    '''Returns the metrics from the registry in latest text format as a string.'''
    output = []
    for metric in registry.collect():
        try:
            mname = metric.name
            output.append('# HELP {} {}\n'.format(
                escape_metric_name(mname), _escape(metric.documentation)))
            output.append(f'# TYPE {escape_metric_name(mname)} {metric.type}\n')
            if metric.unit:
                output.append(f'# UNIT {escape_metric_name(mname)} {metric.unit}\n')
            for s in metric.samples:
                if not _is_valid_legacy_metric_name(s.name):
                    labelstr = escape_metric_name(s.name)
                    if s.labels:
                        labelstr += ', '
                else:
                    labelstr = ''
                
                if s.labels:
                    items = sorted(s.labels.items())
                    labelstr += ','.join(
                        ['{}="{}"'.format(
                            escape_label_name(k), _escape(v))
                            for k, v in items])
                if labelstr:
                    labelstr = "{" + labelstr + "}"
                    
                if s.exemplar:
                    if not _is_valid_exemplar_metric(metric, s):
                        raise ValueError(f"Metric {metric.name} has exemplars, but is not a histogram bucket or counter")
                    labels = '{{{0}}}'.format(','.join(
                        ['{}="{}"'.format(
                            k, v.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('\n', r'\n').replace('"', r'\"'))
                            for k, v in sorted(s.exemplar.labels.items())]))
                    if s.exemplar.timestamp is not None:
                        exemplarstr = ' # {} {} {}'.format(
                            labels,
                            floatToGoString(s.exemplar.value),
                            s.exemplar.timestamp,
                        )
                    else:
                        exemplarstr = ' # {} {}'.format(
                            labels,
                            floatToGoString(s.exemplar.value),
                        )
                else:
                    exemplarstr = ''
                timestamp = ''
                if s.timestamp is not None:
                    timestamp = f' {s.timestamp}'
                if _is_valid_legacy_metric_name(s.name):
                    output.append('{}{} {}{}{}\n'.format(
                        s.name,
                        labelstr,
                        floatToGoString(s.value),
                        timestamp,
                        exemplarstr,
                    ))
                else:
                    output.append('{} {}{}{}\n'.format(
                        labelstr,
                        floatToGoString(s.value),
                        timestamp,
                        exemplarstr,
                    ))
        except Exception as exception:
            exception.args = (exception.args or ('',)) + (metric,)
            raise

    output.append('# EOF\n')
    return ''.join(output).encode('utf-8')
Returns the metrics from the registry in latest text format as a string.
prometheus_client/openmetrics/exposition.py