Bump requests from 2.28.2 to 2.31.0 (#2078)

* Bump requests from 2.28.2 to 2.31.0

Bumps [requests](https://github.com/psf/requests) from 2.28.2 to 2.31.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/psf/requests/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/main/HISTORY.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/psf/requests/compare/v2.28.2...v2.31.0)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: requests
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
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* Update requests==2.31.0

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lib/urllib3/util/util.py

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import typing
+from types import TracebackType
+
+
+def to_bytes(
+    x: str | bytes, encoding: str | None = None, errors: str | None = None
+) -> bytes:
+    if isinstance(x, bytes):
+        return x
+    elif not isinstance(x, str):
+        raise TypeError(f"not expecting type {type(x).__name__}")
+    if encoding or errors:
+        return x.encode(encoding or "utf-8", errors=errors or "strict")
+    return x.encode()
+
+
+def to_str(
+    x: str | bytes, encoding: str | None = None, errors: str | None = None
+) -> str:
+    if isinstance(x, str):
+        return x
+    elif not isinstance(x, bytes):
+        raise TypeError(f"not expecting type {type(x).__name__}")
+    if encoding or errors:
+        return x.decode(encoding or "utf-8", errors=errors or "strict")
+    return x.decode()
+
+
+def reraise(
+    tp: type[BaseException] | None,
+    value: BaseException,
+    tb: TracebackType | None = None,
+) -> typing.NoReturn:
+    try:
+        if value.__traceback__ is not tb:
+            raise value.with_traceback(tb)
+        raise value
+    finally:
+        value = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        tb = None