is x = b'ABC' equivalent to x='ABC'.encode("ascii") in python3.5?

Question

Is x = b'ABC' equivalent to x='ABC'.encode("ascii") in Python 3.5? Are there any differences between these two methods.

Answer 1

They produce the same result:

>>> 'ABC'.encode("ascii")
b'ABC'
>>> b'ABC'
b'ABC'

However encode() will call the encoder at runtime, instead of at compile time.