--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/urllib3/util/util.py	Sun May 05 23:32:17 2024 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import typing
+from types import TracebackType
+
+
+def to_bytes(
+    x: str | bytes, encoding: str | None = None, errors: str | None = None
+) -> bytes:
+    if isinstance(x, bytes):
+        return x
+    elif not isinstance(x, str):
+        raise TypeError(f"not expecting type {type(x).__name__}")
+    if encoding or errors:
+        return x.encode(encoding or "utf-8", errors=errors or "strict")
+    return x.encode()
+
+
+def to_str(
+    x: str | bytes, encoding: str | None = None, errors: str | None = None
+) -> str:
+    if isinstance(x, str):
+        return x
+    elif not isinstance(x, bytes):
+        raise TypeError(f"not expecting type {type(x).__name__}")
+    if encoding or errors:
+        return x.decode(encoding or "utf-8", errors=errors or "strict")
+    return x.decode()
+
+
+def reraise(
+    tp: type[BaseException] | None,
+    value: BaseException,
+    tb: TracebackType | None = None,
+) -> typing.NoReturn:
+    try:
+        if value.__traceback__ is not tb:
+            raise value.with_traceback(tb)
+        raise value
+    finally:
+        value = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        tb = None