[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60283 - in python/trunk: Include/longintrepr.h Include/longobject.h Include/unicodeobject.h Misc/NEWS Modules/_fileio.c Objects/longobject.c Objects/unicodeobject.c setup.py

[Guido van Rossum]

On Jan 26, 2008 1:16 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> Are you planning to backport bytearrays?
> I thought we had clearly decided to *not* backport any of the text/bytes model so that the
> Py2.6 string/unicode model remained pure.

'bytearray' is a separate issue. It's a brand new type: a *mutable*
byte array. Its status as a built-in and completely different API
makes it much more convenient than using the old array module.
Introducing bytearray is not going to disturb the balance between
str/bytes/unicode.

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