code: def ensure_str(value: bytes | Any) -> str:
      """
      Ensure that bytes and non-strings get converted into ``str`` objects.
      """
      if isinstance(value, bytes):
          value = value.decode("utf-8")
      elif not isinstance(value, str):
          value = str(value)
      return value
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  from typing import Any, Callable
  import warnings
  import numpy
  from pandas._libs import Interval, Period, algos, lib
  from pandas._libs.tslibs import conversion
  from pandas._typing import ArrayLike, DtypeObj
  from pandas.core.dtypes.base import _registry
  from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import CategoricalDtype, DatetimeTZDtype, ExtensionDtype, IntervalDtype, PeriodDtype
  from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import ABCIndex
  from pandas.core.dtypes.inference import is_array_like, is_bool, is_complex, is_dataclass, is_decimal, is_dict_like, is_file_like, is_float, is_hashable, is_integer, is_interval, is_iterator, is_list_like, is_named_tuple, is_nested_list_like, is_number, is_re, is_re_compilable, is_scalar, is_sequence
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: ensure_str(value) and returns: value