tf.compat.as_bytes(bytes_or_text, encoding='utf-8')

tf.compat.as_bytes(bytes_or_text, encoding='utf-8')

tf.compat.as_str(bytes_or_text, encoding='utf-8')

Converts either bytes or unicode to bytes, using utf-8 encoding for text.

Args:

• bytes_or_text: A bytes, str, or unicode object.
• encoding: A string indicating the charset for encoding unicode.

Returns:

A bytes object.

Raises:

• TypeError: If bytes_or_text is not a binary or unicode string.

Defined in tensorflow/python/util/compat.py.