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+# Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import gdb
+
+
+class _AsString(gdb.Function):
+    """Return the string representation of a value.
+
+Usage: $_as_string (VALUE)
+
+Arguments:
+
+  VALUE: any value
+
+Returns:
+  The string representation of the value."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(_AsString, self).__init__("_as_string")
+
+    def invoke(self, val):
+        return str(val)
+
+_AsString()