<｜begin▁of▁sentence｜>### Instruction:
Given a string representation of a Python literal such as "[1, 2, 'a', {'key': 'value'}]", how can we convert it into the actual Python object it represents?
### Response:
import ast

def literal_destringizer(rep):
    """
    Convert a Python literal to the value it represents.
    
    Parameters
    ----------
    rep : string
        The string representation of a Python literal.

    Returns
    -------
    value : object
        The actual value the string represents.
    """
    return ast.literal_eval(rep)

# Example usage
representation = "[1, 2, 'a', {'key': 'value'}]"
literal_value = literal_destringizer(representation)
print(literal_value)
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