1 # Byte Values
   2 
   3 Byte values have the type `Byte`, which corresponds to an unsigned 8-bit
   4 integer ranging from 0 to 255. It is generally recommended to use `Int8`
   5 instead of `Byte` when performing math operations, however, `Byte`s are used in
   6 API methods for `Text` and `Path` that deal with raw binary data, such as
   7 `Path.read_bytes()` and `Text.utf8()`. Byte literals can be written using
   8 the `Byte()` constructor: `Byte(5)`.
   9 
  10 # API
  11 
  12 [API documentation](../api/bytes.md)