Metadata

ID: python-best-practices/return-bytes-not-string

Language: Python

Severity: Notice

Category: Error Prone

Description

The __bytes__ method should not return a string and instead, ensure to return bytes.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass:
    def __bytes__(self):
        pass
        return "123" # should return b"123"

Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass:
    def __bytes__(self):
        pass
        return b"123"