CUE distinguishes between a string
and a bytes
type. Bytes are converted to base64 when emitting JSON. Byte literals are defined with single quotes. The following additional escape sequences are allowed in byte literals:
\xnn // arbitrary byte value defined as a 2-digit hexadecimal number \0nnn // arbitrary byte value defined as a 3-digit octal number
a: '\x03abc'
{ a: "A2FiYw==" }