#! -*- coding: koi8-r -*-
assert u"ًةشدخ".encode("utf-8") == '\xd0\x9f\xd0\xb8\xd1\x82\xd0\xbe\xd0\xbd'
assert u"".encode("utf-8") == '\\\xd0\x9f'


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