[Python-Dev] PEP 296 - The Buffer Problem

[Clark C . Evans]

| Abstract
| 
|     This PEP proposes the creation of a new standard type and builtin
|     constructor called 'bytes'.  The bytes object is an efficiently
|     stored array of bytes with some additional characteristics that
|     set it apart from several implementations that are similar.

This is great.  Python currently lacks two "standard" programming
objects which most languages have: (a) timestamp, and (b) binary.
This addresses the second.  This will greatly help YAML data
interoperability among other programming languages such 
as Java, Ruby, etc.

Best,

Clark
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