Function decode

python/ray/_common/utils.py:461–479

Make this unicode in Python 3, otherwise leave it as bytes. Args: byte_str: The byte string to decode. allow_none: If true, then we will allow byte_str to be None in which case we will return an empty string. TODO(rkn): Remove this flag. This is only here

(byte_str: str, allow_none: bool = False, encode_type: str = "utf-8")

def decode(byte_str: str, allow_none: bool = False, encode_type: str = "utf-8"):
    """Make this unicode in Python 3, otherwise leave it as bytes.

    Args:
        byte_str: The byte string to decode.
        allow_none: If true, then we will allow byte_str to be None in which
            case we will return an empty string. TODO(rkn): Remove this flag.
            This is only here to simplify upgrading to flatbuffers 1.10.0.
        encode_type: The encoding type to use for decoding. Defaults to "utf-8".

    Returns:
        A byte string in Python 2 and a unicode string in Python 3.
    """
    if byte_str is None and allow_none:
        return ""

    if not isinstance(byte_str, bytes):
        raise ValueError(f"The argument {byte_str} must be a bytes object.")
    return byte_str.decode(encode_type)


class TimerBase(ABC):