What does a b prefix before a python string means ?
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In a python source code I stumbled upon I've seen a small b before a string like in:
b"abcdef"
I know of u prefix that means unicode and r prefix that means raw.
What does the b stand for and in which kind of source code is it useful as it seems to be exactly like a plain string without any prefix ?
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