Function to_bytes

pex/compatibility.py:61–68

(st, encoding="utf-8")

if PY2:

    def to_bytes(st, encoding="utf-8"):
        # type: (AnyStr, Text) -> bytes
        if isinstance(st, unicode):
            return st.encode(encoding)
        elif isinstance(st, (str, bytes)):
            return st
        else:
            raise ValueError("Cannot convert %s to bytes" % type(st))

    def to_unicode(st, encoding="utf-8"):
        # type: (AnyStr, Text) -> Text