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All things equal, I think the bytes representation is better, and in this case it works well for existing callers too.

Each commit is self-contained and has its own description. But the basic idea is to try to: - Work with structured information not strings as long as possible - Avoid mixing hashes of different types of objects together

All things equal,Each commit is self-contained and has its own description. I think the bytes representBut the basic idea is to try to: - Work with structured information is better, and inn not strings as long as possible this case it works well for existing caller- Avoid mixing hashes of different types of objects too.gether