| | be used for Python2/3 code bases. | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'a'`` | Bytes (converts any Python object using | \(5) |
-| | ``repr(obj).encode('ascii','backslashreplace)``). | |
+| | ``repr(obj).encode('ascii', 'backslashreplace')``). | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'r'`` | ``'r'`` is an alias for ``'a'`` and should only | \(7) |
| | be used for Python2/3 code bases. | |