def ntou(n, encoding='ISO-8859-1'):
    """Convert a native :class:`str` to a :class:`str` instance.

    This doesn't actually do anything.
    """
    assert_native(n)
    # In Python 3, the native string type is unicode
    return n
Convert a native :class:`str` to a :class:`str` instance.

    This doesn't actually do anything.
    
cherrypy/_cpcompat.py