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| _JSON Sugar and other Goodness_ | |
| # Bytes | |
| 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 | |
| <!-- CUE editor --> | |
| ``` | |
| a: '\x03abc' | |
| ``` | |
| <!-- JSON result --> | |
| ```json | |
| { | |
| a: "A2FiYw==" | |
| } | |
| ``` |