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class EasyException:pass

class _DUMY_CLASS:pass

import locale

def str_object(obj, encoding=None):
    if not encoding:
        encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
    if isinstance(obj, (int, float, bool)):
        return str(obj)
    elif isinstance(obj, str):
        return obj
    elif isinstance(obj, unicode):
        return obj.encode(encoding)
    elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
        return tuple(str_object(list(obj), encoding))
    elif isinstance(obj, list):
        for i, v in enumerate(obj):
            obj[i] = str_object(v, encoding)
        return obj
    elif isinstance(obj, dict):
        for key, value in obj.items():
            obj[key] = str_object(value, encoding)
        return obj
    else:
        return obj  #cann't deal class instance
    