[Python-3000] need help fixing broken tests in py3k-pep3137 branch

[Georg Brandl]

Paul Moore schrieb:
> On 04/11/2007, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>> I'm beginning to settle on the following:
>>
>> 1. concrete types: bytes (immutable) and bytearray (mutable)
> 
> bytearray seems a bit clumsy, but I can't think of anything better...

It's much better than "buffer". Also I don't think it will be used
too often...

>> 2. their common ABC: ByteString (derives from Sequence)
> 
> Would ByteSequence not be better?

ByteString stresses the relationship with str, with which the ByteString
derivatives share their methods.

>> 3. the ABC corresponding to buffer-API objects: MemoryBlock
> 
> Sounds reasonable. Would it make sense to rename the buffer API as the
> memory block API in that case? (PyBufferProcs --> PyMemoryBlockProcs,
> or maybe PyMemBlockProcs to make for less typing, etc)

It certainly would make sense, during the Great C Api Rename (tm).

Georg

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