string which means that styles do not carry over.  This
              can be disabled to compose styles.

.. versionchanged:: 8.0
    A non-string ``message`` is converted to a string.

.. versionchanged:: 8.0
   Added support for 256 and RGB color codes.

.. versionchanged:: 8.0
    Added the ``strikethrough``, ``italic``, and ``overline``
    parameters.

.. versionchanged:: 7.0
    Added support for bright colors.

.. versionadded:: 2.0
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