_as_bytes(value)
Helper function which converts a string to _bytes (this is useful for set_value in all string classes, which use bytes for representation).

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_as_str(value)
Helper function to convert bytes back to str.

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_b = ''

_b00 = '\x00'

__package__ = 'pyffi.object_models'

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_as_bytes(value)

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Helper function which converts a string to _bytes (this is useful for set_value in all string classes, which use bytes for representation).

>>> # following doctest fails on py3k, hence disabled
>>> _as_bytes(u"\u00e9defa") == u"\u00e9defa".encode("utf-8") # doctest: +SKIP
True

>>> _as_bytes(123) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
TypeError: ...

Returns: C{_bytes}: The bytes representing the value.

_as_str(value)

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Helper function to convert bytes back to str. This is used in the __str__ functions for simple string types. If you want a custom encoding, use an explicit decode call on the value.

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