chr() equivalent returning a bytes object, in py3k

Try the following:

b = bytes([x])

For example:

>>> bytes([255])
b'\xff'

Consider using bytearray((255,)) which works the same in Python2 and Python3. In both Python generations the resulting bytearray-object can be converted to a bytes(obj) which is an alias for a str() in Python2 and real bytes() in Python3.

# Python2
>>> x = bytearray((32,33))
>>> x
bytearray(b' !')
>>> bytes(x)
' !'

# Python3
>>> x = bytearray((32,33))
>>> x
bytearray(b' !')
>>> bytes(x)
b' !'