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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _arg_to_str(arg):
 """Convert argument to a string."""

    if isinstance(arg, str):
        return _sugar(repr(arg))
    elif arg is Empty:
        return '\u2014'
    else:
        return _sugar(str(arg))