code: def to_text(x):
      if isinstance(x, text_type):
          return x
      try:
          return text_type(x, "utf-8")
      except UnicodeDecodeError:
          return text_type(x, "latin1")
  
imports: import re
  import sys
  import inspect
  import warnings
  from typing import Iterable
  from functools import wraps
  from types import MethodType
  from collections import namedtuple
  from unittest import TestCase
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: to_text(x) and returns: x, text_type, text_type