code: def encode(self, value):
          
          if isinstance(value, bytes):
              return value
          elif isinstance(value, int):
              value = b(str(value))
          elif isinstance(value, float):
              value = b(repr(value))
          elif not isinstance(value, str):
              value = str(value)
          if isinstance(value, str):
              value = value.encode()
          return value
docs: Return a bytestring representation of the value