def bytes(self):
        """:return: the dump as bytes."""
        if self.__text_is_expected:
            return self.string().encode(self.__encoding)
        else:
            return self._bytes()
def bytes(self):
        """:return: the dump as bytes."""
        if self.__text_is_expected:
            return self.string().encode(self.__encoding)
        else:
            return self._bytes()
def bytes ( self ) : if self . __text_is_expected : return self . string ( ) . encode ( self . __encoding ) else : return self . _bytes ( )
:return: the dump as bytes.
: return : the dump as bytes .