code: def bytes_array_to_native_str_object_array(a):
      """Convert an array of dtype S to an object array containing `str`."""
      if six.PY2:
          return a.astype(object)
      else:
          return a.astype(str).astype(object)
  
imports: from collections import OrderedDict
  from datetime import datetime
  from distutils.version import StrictVersion
  from warnings import catch_warnings, filterwarnings
  import six
  import numpy
  from numpy import array_equal, broadcast, busday_count, datetime64, diff, dtype, empty, flatnonzero, hstack, isnan, nan, vectorize, where
  from numpy.lib.stride_tricks import as_strided
  from toolz import flip
label_desc: Use image node_id 19 for calling a global function with example usage: bytes_array_to_native_str_object_array(a) and returns: a, a