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| _JSON Sugar and other Goodness_ |
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| # Bytes |
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| 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: |
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| \xnn // arbitrary byte value defined as a 2-digit hexadecimal number |
| \nnn // arbitrary byte value defined as a 3-digit octal number |
| <!-- jba: this contradicts the spec, which has \nnn (no leading zero) --> |
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| <!-- CUE editor --> |
| _bytes.cue:_ |
| ``` |
| a: '\x03abc' |
| ``` |
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| <!-- JSON result --> |
| `$ cue export bytes.cue` |
| ```json |
| { |
| "a": "A2FiYw==" |
| } |
| ``` |
