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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 str_(name):
 """Return the string representation of the given 'name'. If it is a bytes object, it will be converted into str. If it is a str object, it will simply be resurned."""

  if isinstance(name, bytes) and not isinstance(name, str):
    return name.decode('utf8')
  else:
    return name