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 Core language, builtins, and interpreter
 
+- There is a new Unicode companion to the builtin str() function
+  called unistr(). Like str(), it calls either the tp_str slot of
+  objects or the "__str__" method and converts the returned value
+  to an Unicode object (in case this is necessary).
+
+  The unistr() is complemented by a new PyObject_Unicode() C API
+  which behaves in the same way.
+
 - The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP
   207).  C extension types can provide a rich comparison function in
   the new tp_richcompare slot in the type object.  The cmp() function