If true, the new Printer will escape non-ASCII characters (this is the
default behavior. If false, the new Printer will print non-ASCII characters as is. In
either case, the new Printer still escapes newlines and quotes in strings.
Outputs a textual representation of the Protocol Message supplied into the parameter output.
(This representation is the new version of the classic "ProtocolPrinter" output from the
original Protocol Buffer system)
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