OpenGL._bytes

8-bit string definitions for Python 2/3 compatibility

Defines the following which allow for dealing with Python 3 breakages:

STR_IS_BYTES STR_IS_UNICODE

Easily checked booleans for type identities

_NULL_8_BYTE

An 8-bit byte with NULL (0) value

as_8_bit( x, encoding='utf-8')

Returns the value as the 8-bit version