code: def asbytes(s):
      if isinstance(s, bytes):
          return s
      return str(s).encode("latin1")
  
file_path: catboost/contrib/python/numpy/py3/numpy/compat/py3k.py
imports: import sys
  import os
  from pathlib import Path
  import io
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: asbytes(s) and returns: str, s