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bpo-47007: [doc] str special method lookup (GH-31863)

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Clarify the `str()` docs to point out that `object.__str__()`
follows special method lookup.

Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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Co-authored-by: Vanshaj Singhania <8797467+itsvs@users.noreply.github.com>
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@ -1479,7 +1479,8 @@ multiple fragments.
depends on whether *encoding* or *errors* is given, as follows.
If neither *encoding* nor *errors* is given, ``str(object)`` returns
:meth:`object.__str__() <object.__str__>`, which is the "informal" or nicely
:meth:`type(object).__str__(object) <object.__str__>`,
which is the "informal" or nicely
printable string representation of *object*. For string objects, this is
the string itself. If *object* does not have a :meth:`~object.__str__`
method, then :func:`str` falls back to returning