#   pyRCV2: Preferential vote counting
#   Copyright © 2020–2021  Lee Yingtong Li (RunasSudo)
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from pyRCV2.numbers.base import BaseNum

class StringNum(BaseNum):
	"""
	Dummy class wrapping simple strings
	Used when reading/writing BLTs with no arithmetic required - avoids loading dependencies
	"""
	
	@classmethod
	def _to_impl(cls, value):
		"""Implements BaseNum._to_impl"""
		return value
	
	def __str__(self):
		return self.impl
