[Python-Dev] Re: adding a bytes sequence type to Python

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Paul Prescod wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>> ...
>>
>>
>> We already have a number of read-write types for storing binary
>> data, e.g. arrays, cStringIO and buffers. Inventing yet another
>> way to spell binary data won't make life easier.
> 
> The point is canonicalize one and start to make APIs that expect it. 
> Otherwise we will never make the leap from the bad habit of using 
> strings as byte arrays.
 >
> Can you pass arrays to the write() function? Can 
> you decode buffers to strings? A byte array type would have a certain 
> mix of functions and API compatibility that is missing from the plethora 
> of similar thingees.

Wouldn't it be possible to extend the existing buffer type
to meet those standards ?

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