rm ensure_bytes

Author: normanrz

src/zarr/codecs/_v2.py

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numcodecs
-import numcodecs.compat
-from numcodecs.compat import ensure_bytes, ensure_ndarray_like
+from numcodecs.compat import ensure_ndarray_like
 
 from zarr.abc.codec import ArrayBytesCodec
 from zarr.registry import get_ndbuffer_class
@@ -84,8 +83,6 @@ async def _encode_single(
         else:
             cdata = chunk
 
-        cdata = ensure_bytes(cdata)
-
         return chunk_spec.prototype.buffer.from_bytes(cdata)
 
     def compute_encoded_size(self, _input_byte_length: int, _chunk_spec: ArraySpec) -> int: