# Copyright 2009-2017 Wander Lairson Costa
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# All the hacks necessary to assure compatibility across all
# supported versions come here.
# Please, note that there is one version check for each
# hack we need to do, this makes maintenance easier... ^^

import sys
import array

__all__ = []

# we support Python >= 3.9
assert sys.hexversion >= 0x030900f0

def as_array(data=None):
    """Convert loosely specified `data` to a byte array.

    The following types of `data` are supported:

    - the `None` value (returns an new empty array);
    - an `array('B')` value (no-op, returns it back);
    - lists or iterables of small enough integers;
    - strings.
    """

    if data is None:
        return array.array('B')

    if isinstance(data, array.array) and data.typecode == 'B':
        return data

    if isinstance(data, str):
        return array.array('B', data.encode('utf-8'))

    return array.array('B', data)