From b37aa284eb4aee17f5c6659e7533427ffcc5a2c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Dufresne <jon.dufresne@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 15:05:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unnecessary bytes() calls (#6626)

---
 rest_framework/renderers.py | 2 +-
 rest_framework/response.py  | 2 +-
 rest_framework/test.py      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 2a4ae5905..3dc94ed2d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class JSONRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         Render `data` into JSON, returning a bytestring.
         """
         if data is None:
-            return bytes()
+            return b''
 
         renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
         indent = self.get_indent(accepted_media_type, renderer_context)
diff --git a/rest_framework/response.py b/rest_framework/response.py
index db7977770..495423734 100644
--- a/rest_framework/response.py
+++ b/rest_framework/response.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Response(SimpleTemplateResponse):
                 'renderer returned unicode, and did not specify '
                 'a charset value.'
             )
-            return bytes(ret.encode(charset))
+            return ret.encode(charset)
 
         if not ret:
             del self['Content-Type']
diff --git a/rest_framework/test.py b/rest_framework/test.py
index 852d4919e..ab16c2787 100644
--- a/rest_framework/test.py
+++ b/rest_framework/test.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class APIRequestFactory(DjangoRequestFactory):
 
             # Coerce text to bytes if required.
             if isinstance(ret, str):
-                ret = bytes(ret.encode(renderer.charset))
+                ret = ret.encode(renderer.charset)
 
         return ret, content_type