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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 repr_compat(s):
 """ Since Python 2 is annoying with unicode literals, and that we are enforcing the usage of unicode, this ensures the repr doesn't spew out the unicode literal prefix. """


    if unicode and isinstance(s, unicode):
        return repr(s)[1:]
    else:
        return repr(s)